Word: standardizer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sooner will our moral state be on the road to improvement . . . For those of us who are not wrapped up in an intensive study of one aspect of the universe, based on a particular philosophical conception, the idea doesn't seem to make such a workable living standard...
...girls are all experienced rowers. In 1945 the aspiring mates rowed for gym credit at the Weld Boat Club, where they used singles, fours, and standard eight-man shells. Harvard took back its facilities at the end of the war, however, and the girls were forced to discard their chamois pants...
...question is what are the real differences between the two records. The leading considerations are speed of revolution and playing time. Both records use speeds slower than ordinary. Victor uses the gain in time to reduce the size of the record; Columbia puts more music on the standard size record. Victor's claim that its speed of 45 revolutions per minute is better than Columbia's 33 1/3 is true only in an historical sense. The Victor speed presents a much easier engineering problem than the Columbia speed. Victor records, therefore, have a uniform quality while Columbia's quality varies...
...bills provide for the indigent in the manner of a relief agency. In contrast, the Truman proposal covers more than half of the nation. It absorbs most of the shock for that enormous group who can afford proper care for serious illnesses only at the expense of their normal standard of living. Harry Truman summed it up as well as anybody could: "Medical care is needed as a right and not as a medical dole...
...president of St. John's, stocky Stringfellow Barr had abolished electives, survey courses, standard texts, and books about books about books. By the time he left in 1947 (he tried and failed to start another St. John's in New England), his Great Books curriculum was the most talked-about experiment in U.S. education. Ever since, educators have been waiting to see just how Barr's St. Johnnies would do after graduation...