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...prime aims of the new system is to strengthen the present freshman advisory system, noted Dean von Stade, who was also present at the discussion. "It will provide machinery for gently and easily helping students with difficulties." He added, however that the new plan was "not an attempt to go around and take pulses and temperatures of freshmen. They will still have to seek advice on their own initiative...
After her disastrous defeat by the Persians in Egypt in 454, Athens moved to strengthen her control over her allies in the Delian League. Meiggs pointed to the importance of the transfer of the League's funds from Delos to Athens, since it enabled the Athenians to draw directly on the money to increase their power...
...strengthen reinforcement, the student is fed cues such as the first or last letter of the answer. Gradually, the cues are withdrawn so the student can stand on his own. Medical students see labels on an anatomy diagram disappear in successive frames. Third-grade spellers may learn "manufacture" in six frames: 1) Manufacture means to make or build. Chair factories manufacture chairs. Copy the word here. - ™™™™™™™™™™™™™™™™™ the word here: 2) Part of the word is like part of the word factory. Both parts...
This is the second year for the Quincy. Holmes affair, financed by Ford Foundation money and special fund donations from Radcliffe. The purpose of the festival is not only to strengthen ties between Harvard and Radcliffe, but also to provide exercise for students in the criticism of the arts...
...Commodore. If collective action is not now feasible, what else can the U.S. do to arrest the Communist dominance of Cuba? The air was thick last week with rumors that Kennedy is about to do what he talked of doing during last fall's campaign: attempting "to strengthen the non-Batista democratic forces in exile and in Cuba itself." Mexican officials privately (and unhappily) fear that the U.S. may be planning to give massive support to an invasion of Cuba by anti-Castro exiles. As proof, those who predict an invasion pointed to last week's meeting...