Word: standardizer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Every undergraduate in the nation must take a general classification test, similar to the standard I.Q. test, before he can be considered for deferment. A score of 110 would be the minimum standard...
...Standard Hollywood "Morals Clause...
...Lamont plan emphasizes ease in reading and accessibility to books. The functional architecture of the building has been coupled with the most recent techniques of lighting and interior design to set a new standard in college libraries...
...didn't seem very depressed about it. When Sam Goldwyn fired her after she had pleaded illness in postponing a New York publicity junket ("the day is over when stars can get away with this sort of behavior"), Teresa Wright said she would never sign another standard "archaic . . . and . . . absurd" movie contract, because it treated actors like cattle. The exchange of unpleasantries happily coincided with a new Goldwyn picture called Enchantment (see below), starring Teresa Wright...
...critic who writes a knowing account of royal mistresses, an avid traveler whose "escapes" abroad produce delightful travelogues, a father who often yearns for solitude. He is also drinking more than he used to, as a result of his failure as a novelist, but he is raising his standard of living as a result of his popular "success." In short, he is a dead duck...