Word: teachings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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German truculence revived old French fears. "It is time to teach the Germans that they cannot have everything," snapped one French diplomat. In the heat of nationalism, both nations seemed to forget that the Schuman and Pleven Plans, which both are pledged to join, were designed to make such squabbles old-fashioned and unnecessary...
...Want to teach swimming at an ocean resort or a camp for your summer...
Graduates of the course are equipped to teach all types of swimming, as well as junior and senior life saving. Some also work as lifeguards...
Fencing has been Peroy's chief interest since his youth. Born and educated in Paris, he came to America in 1909 to teach the use of the sabre to American army officers. "They had to come three times a week, just like freshmen in Physical Training." He fought on the American foil team in the 1928 Olympics, and started coaching at Harvard the next year. Even his mechanical skills--he helped design and build the motor of Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis--have been useful in his life's sport. He designed the special practice mechanisms in the fencing...
Nabokov, who will teach Humanities 3 this term, continued. "The news article itself is also fiction, not fact. One type of fiction has been created by a reporter, and the other type has been created by Melville...