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Word: surveys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...audible at a distance of four miles). Around 8 p.m. his second and third mates came on watch, joining him on the bridge. He hung closely within a few degrees of the westbound lane of Track Charlie, the "informal" sea lane marked out by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey: although the Italians and Swedes do not necessarily observe Track Charlie, Captain Calamai testified that he usually did, and that never in his 100 transatlantic crossings had he come upon an eastbound vessel running close to the westbound lane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEQUELS: The Italian Story | 10/15/1956 | See Source »

...After completing a survey of 199 communities, the New York State Citizens Committee for the Public Schools told of some of the attitudes that today's teachers must struggle against. Four out of ten children and nearly half the parents polled said they have no respect for their teachers' knowledge. Only 24% of the adults said they admire teachers. In 79 communities, more than half the male teachers hold down after-hours jobs to make ends meet. Most communities (74%) take it for granted that teachers should perform after-school duties with no extra pay. Only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Report Card | 10/15/1956 | See Source »

Those students who have heard rumors about what a CRIMSON competition does to marks should recall a survey taken last year by President Pusey which states that CRIMSON executives have the highest percentage on the Dean's list of any other undergraduate organization--53.8 per cent. In English alone, four Crimeds were graduated magna cum laude...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON Announces Competition For Positions on All Four Boards | 10/9/1956 | See Source »

...bureau's survey, which did not include any of the Ivy League or Seven Sister Colleges, also said that the fertility of men graduates is already higher than that of women and is on the increase. Over 11,000 graduates from 95 colleges and universities took part in the survey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Graduates Are Producing Larger Families, Survey Shows | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

...child and the one-child family pattern so popular among college graduates a generation ago is being replaced by the three-or-more child family," the survey showed. This followed a national trend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Graduates Are Producing Larger Families, Survey Shows | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

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