Word: successful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Investigator Kandel noted in his report that recently many marking systems have been thoroughly overhauled and newer, more comprehensive essay-type examinations substituted for mere yes-&-no tests. Nevertheless, concluded he: "What is clear from the use of tests is that there is no single measure for predicting educational success...
...took her to the zoo, thrilled her to the marrow by whispering "Belle Tigresse!" (beautiful tigress) in her ear. From that adventure Elinor dates her hunger for tiger skins, of which she afterwards had seven. When her sister married into English society, Elinor visited her, became an immediate success. Her first two seasons brought her three admirers-a bibulous, spluttering peer, a Duke, a millionaire-but they were all unattractive...
...believed by observers that his influence in every way will be felt strongly and at once, and that that influence will be an entirely beneficial one for the School and the University. His appointment is indeed a fortunate one, and Dean Hudnut is to be congratulated on his success in securing...
...knack of putting information across -- making good students into honor ones or merely putting a man through a course -- accounts for only half his success. The rest comes from his sympathy and his personal friendships...
...Nolen, Harvard '84, and nicknamed "The Window," founded Manter Hall School, where for 38 years he tutored students so they could pass Harvard courses. "The Window" died in 1923, but his school still functions. Its promotion literature, left in dormitories and its advertising in The Crimson stress the founders success, and tell present-day students to "ask Dad--Ask Grandad...