Word: test
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cold, plotting Soviet premier, fresh from his visit to the United States, used the all-embracing "we" to cover the whole communist bloc in a speech at the reception. Khrushchev told the gathering that although communist nations have created a mighty potential they should not test he stability of the capitalist system by force...
...courses. After unfreezing the funds, it could continue to distribute the loan money and administer the oaths; or the University could withdraw from the program and return the funds to the federal government. A third, and more unlikely alternative, would be to encourage court action in order to test the legality of the loyalty oaths...
Howe reportedly went on to indicate that one possible course for the University would be to accept further NDEA grants while refusing to administer the loyalty oath. This would provide a possible test of the oath's legality if government action were to be taken against the University...
...Halaby, a fullback, afflicted with a knee injury that prevents quick stops and turns, will probably sit out the Bucknell encounter in order to be healthy for the Cornell game, the varsity's first Ivy League test. Halfback Roy Williams is out of action for 12 days with pulled ligaments in his left knee; he, too, should be back for Cornell...
...exam is mandatory for every child just past the age of eleven, except for those headed for the public schools such as Eton or Harrow. The exam (English composition, arithmetic, an IQ test) ruthlessly splits youngsters into three groups. The top 20% go to respected pre-university grammar schools; the mechanically minded 4% go to good technical schools. The rest are packed off to low-status secondary modern schools, many convinced that they are failures. The effect is to demoralize the whole system...