Word: sort
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...queer youth. William Roscoe Thayer, a class behind T. R., could see none of the "charm that he developed later ...he was a good deal of a joke... active and enthusiastic and that was all." A contemporary Boston debutante noted that he was "studious, ambitious, eccentric--not the sort to appeal at first...
...skill of the tutor. Instituting graded tutorial would be an admission that the present supply of these assets is inadequate to produce the interest needed for a good tutorial session. Grades would indeed create a certain type of interest. But better instruction and teaching would create another, more desirable sort of interest. If departments simply impose grades on presently unsatisfactory tutorial programs, they will scarcely succeed in making tutorial important to the student or a valuable learning experience, though he may in time learn to do whatever it will take to get a B minus for satisfactory conversation...
Theodore Loos and a number of the Benevolent men are in jail this morning, and Mike Quill in hurried conference with grim lieutenants. It's like the old days, sort of novel and romantic--and a source of grudging pride...
...This sort of versatile shifting defense demands a versatile anchor man and, says Layne, "Joe is the finest in the league. He doesn't pop like a lot of others. A lot of these guys hit high and hard, and there's a big pop when their shoulder pads bounce off the guy they're after. The pop gets the fans all shuddering, but the poppers are the guys who miss the tackles. Joe just doesn't miss...
...last two years Actor Tony Perkins, 25, has become one of the most valued and versatile properties in show business. His tautly drawn acting and shy manner have won over both critics and bobby soxers. Like Gene Gant, Tony seems to be watching his development with a sort of awe. "Why has it all happened to me?" he asks. "I'm not good-looking, or experienced, or what you'd call a 'build...