Word: tending
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Parents who were themselves raised by a set code will tend to rear their children the same way. They should go ahead and do so with no qualms of conscience, advises the 1957 Spock, though they must make due allowance for the more relaxed atmosphere in families around them. They must not be overharsh but they have a right to get cross and spank the little darling when he has deliberately provoked anger-as he often does. What is more, he wants (at least unconsciously) to be disciplined and made to behave responsibly: "By keeping children on the right track...
Northern liberal groups who continually blast and denounce the entire South, he said, tend to cause great resentment among all Southerners...
...therefore the material covered can be geared to the individual preferences of each man or woman. Often teachers have no definite outline, when they begin their course. And although there is much to be said in favor of this system, there is always the danger that the work will tend to bog down in a particular area, leaving some material to be covered in a very sketchy fashion...
...complicate matters, standards for accreditation are somewhat nebulus. Especially in New England, where Yale, M.I.T. and Harvard tend to dominate educational societies, these standards are based largely on intangibles: there are few definite regulations and only vague specifications on such matters as financial stability, size of library, and laboratory and classroom facilities...
Seasoned Jim Perkins, who alternated as a starter last season, will tend the goal...