Word: spelling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...words apiece is feared; a major examination question, calling for several pages of answer, is a pure horror. The reason for this is clear in their contorted faces as they put pen to paper . . . They are semiliterate in a sense . . . they can read, but they cannot write. They cannot spell, punctuation is quite beyond them, the mere formation of a written word troubles them...
...fairy story dramatized by Jean Giraudoux and adapted by Maurice Valency, Ondine is a prime and welcome example of the variety possible on the stage. Unlike T.S. Eliot, Giraudoux does not couch his parable in obscurity, but is quite willing to spell out the point of the play: that man must accept and respect human limitations. When exposed to superhuman love and devotion-like that of the water sprite ondine-even a knight errant finds that his shining armor becomes rusty. He is neither worthy nor capable of returning complete love. Having only this simple "message" to comprehend, the playgoer...
...after that, eight hours of dancing a month for life. "It's like a kind of insurance," he explained. "Dancing is like any other kind of activity - if you don't keep it up, you get rusty." A Gold Medal? At this point John fell under the spell of a dark, mustached Brazilian dance instructor named Chafic Sabino. "One day he asked me if I would like to see him dance. Well, a couple of turns around the floor with Miss Keene and my eyes nearly popped out of my head. He was wonderful. He kept on giving...
...Dictator Trujillo, a man of the world, really take umbrage at Rubi's conduct? A likelier explanation might be that Trujillo was simply reminding Rubi that the Benefactor is still the one & only boss. Any public official under Trujillo may suffer an occasional, penitential spell of unemployment; Rubi's turn has obviously come. For a while, he will have to get along without the magic diplomatic passport, will have to let the customs officers of New York, Cherbourg and other way stations muss his socks and shirts. Then, his cafe-society pals confidently believe, he will be restored...
Hunt conceded that students may spell and write poorly, but he says that they have been exposed to much more--TV, radio, cars--than 50 years ago. "They have sacrificed some of the perfections," he said, "but in poise, assurance, personalities adjusted to reality, young people are far better equipped...