Word: sure
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Preparation, the "sure thing" versus the risk, is causing much of the grief in admissions circles today. For one thing, an unerring relationship between academic ability and the ability to score well on College Board Tests has never been satisfactorily established. The Predicted Rank List, which tries to sum up ability and motivation, is by no means infallibile, since Group IV PRL entrants have gone on to receive Magnas, and vice versa. Although an applicant will probably never stand or fall on Predicted Rank List alone, the trend is to lop off applicants on the very lowest range of ability...
...scholarship. Often a student will get the idea he was accepted solely because of athletic ability, and feel an obligation to sacrifice other college values to "paying back" his sponsors on the athletic field. Thus the Admissions Committee must be very careful to choose athletes who they are sure will succeed academically, not those that can merely...
...instances J.B. by Archibald MacLeish and Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams, "in both of which a great many drums are beaten, but you're not sure what the drums are summoning you for... If the play has a big enough theme, and is well enough directed--excitingly enough directed--I think there is a tendency to equate that with a masterpiece...
Trade-Ins. The key to Ayer's success is the way he sells. He does not merely dump airplanes for a price, but first makes sure that they can be used and comfortably paid for. For small lines, which do not always know what is best for them, he sends in men to analyze routes, cargo business and profits. Since his credit is better than that of many small lines, and "he can pay off his big purchases as he receives payments for his sales, he can give airlines credit terms that many would not get themselves. Equally important...
Bacher ran the first 440 yards in 54.0, and it seemed he might go all the way until Schumacher caught him with about 350 yards remaining. Hanne passed Schumacher with 180 yards to go and looked like a sure winner, when Cahn came from nowhere and caught him with his last stride. Yeomans and Gordon then finished one-two in the 220, giving the Crimson 17 out of 18 points in the sprints...