Word: tending
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ocean surf." The volume is recognizable Wodehouse, gently satirical, its barbs wielded with whimsy. But the more remarkable thing about Pelham Grenville Wodehouse in his twilight years is the way the decades of ocean-hopping have scrambled his language until all international date lines and regional distinctions tend to disappear. In a sense, he reflects the overall scrambling of English and American speech ever since the first World War II G.I.s came home spouting such Briticisms as "bloody...
Instead of worrying about applicants, the scientists would do better to study their advising program, the possibility of a College math-science requirement, and the various pressures which tend to force the freshman away from concentration in the natural sciences...
...Brendan Behan. "And the great thing about it," he says, "is that it is being supported by young people." The plays of this new group are being largely written, directed, and watched by people under thirty, while "the kind of people who go for the Kazan-Williams-MacLeish group tend to be middle-aged...
Another reason why some Radcliffe girls may devote more time to their courses stems from future professional plans. Cliffies who go into graduate work continue in Arts and Sciences, rather than entering professional schools as boys tend to do. This helps explain the male-female mark disparity in Social Relations, for example, since the girls are interested in the field as a whole rather than as a stepping-stone before future professional training...
...equally false argument with which Harvard men seek to explain their inferior marks arises from "extra-curricular activities." Some people have argued that men tend, more than women, to join undergraduate organizations. Admittedly, the 'Cliffe does not have organized sports. However, nearly all groups here are merged and in many, the U.N. Council for example, there are almost as many Cliffies as Harvard students. Radcliffe members of extra-curricular groups exert more than a proportional influence-and, a higher percentage of girls are involved in activities...