Word: standardize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...contrast, the first half of the program, conducted by Attilio Poto, consisted of two works whose place in the standard repertoire is secure, but which were treated in a manner reminiscent of the Orchestra's conspicuously poor performances of two years ago. Haydn's last symphony, No. 104, in D Major had at least the benefit of a spirited, well-played finale. But the rest of it, and Corelli's "Christmas" Concerto, which opened the concert sounded as if the orchestra were merely going through the motions. The intonation was unaccountably bad, the playing colorless, and the ensemble work...
With that, Mvusi began taking liberal arts courses, history and literature for the most part. His interest in art developed on its own, since South African art has been stamped out, and standard fine arts courses do not exist in Negro universities. "Even in white universities they don't admit non-Europeans in fine arts courses," Mvusi points...
Since the whole pioneer art education project was "on trial" in his classroom, Mvusi was anxious for his students to do well. In a standard nationwide test, 63 per cent of his first group of students passed, and later classes did better...
Under the present system of 27 different rent levels, Watson explained, "many students are happy to pay above-average prices for their rooms." If a standard rent were adopted, this extra revenue would be lost. In this case, the Houses would be forced to set the single-rent level above their "break-even" point...
When its eight members-formed an official conference in 1954 and adopted a "sanity code" to put football in its proper perspective, the Ivy League lapsed wholeheartedly into amateurism. The code reaffirmed longstanding Ivy prohibitions on such standard bigtime conveniences as the athletic scholarship, the fictional job, the specially rigged "gut" course. Coaches were forbidden to hold spring practice and reconciled themselves to starting practice at 5 o'clock on days when key players had afternoon lab periods. Substitute quarterbacks were content to watch the game from the sidelines, never dreamed of such bigtime facilities as huddling before...