Word: test
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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America. D. W. Griffith has given the Revolutionary War its official camera test. It screens well-in particular the midnight ride of Paul Revere. In view of this producer's Birth of a Nation and the Klansmen's ride, it might be expected that he would express the drum beats of a rising nation with hoof beats; they charge right into the spectator's heart. But after the first half of his film Griffith reins in his Pegasus. He strives to increase the suspense by drawing out his scenes, which often makes them thin, haggard. His favorite...
...knows that the best security of good and faithful work is that the judge must state his reasons. And the judge himself knows how often first impressions and even decisions passed in the conference room meet their Waterloo when the judge finds 'they won't write.' The essential test is adequate statement of grounds...
...last big test prior to its clash with Yale, the Freshman five were defeated 27 to 18 by a powerful Exeter quintet...
Professor Perry's contribution to the mechanics of the experiment is his system of marking. On this test he will not use the old alphabet method of scoring, but will grade only with an "S+", "S" and "S--", standing for above average, average, and below average...
...Plan A," Professor Lake explained, "was for those men, who elected to stand or fall by the result of the final examination without having the hour examination taken into account, and without any other test during the course. Plan B was for those who took the November and December tests as well as the final examination, and elected to be marked on the basis of these three examinations taken together...