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Word: standardize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...school integration problem, Eisenhower said, "it must be solved." He didn't say how, but he repeated an old position: that it will take time and dedication and "a standard of living by the concepts of the Constitution...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Eisenhower Admits Soviets Ahead In Some Phases of Missile Race | 1/15/1959 | See Source »

Perry explained last night that scores on Scholastic Aptitude Tests, which are for the most part "standard reading tests," have increased "enormously." This rise indicates skill in interpreting short passages, Perry observed, but it does not necessarily mean that students have the judgment and determination needed to complete a long assignment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Class Rate of Reading Shows Increase | 1/14/1959 | See Source »

...Each month about half of Tarantel's press run of 250,000-300,000 goes to West Berliners; the rest is slipped into East Germany. Tarantel is designed for hidden persuasion: the size of a theater program, it can be concealed in a book, fits easily into a standard German envelope. Baer's remarkable distribution system includes mailings from other countries, including Russia, and delivery by underground members, who delight in dropping copies into Stalin Alice mailboxes and onto the bookshelves of the Soviet House of Culture. Replies to a standard request for reader comment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Armed with a Snicker | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

...museum's collection, said Design Department Director Arthur Drexler, "includes very few of those mass-produced objects supposed to be characteristic o; our 'high standard of living.' There are no television sets, no refrigerators, no telephones, not because such objects are intrinsically unworthy but rather because their design seldom rises above the vulgarity of today's high-pressure salesmanship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Designing Man | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

...same is true of the second objection, that no neutral observers were allowed to watch the balloting. Rightly or wrongly, this is a standard Election Committee procedure. Like the unwillingness to publicize election totals, it stems from a reluctance to embarass unsuccessful candidates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marshal Election | 1/9/1959 | See Source »

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