Word: tested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...This is very possible," commented Dr. Bock. "I know myself for a fact of more than one student who was unable to read a word of the printed test...
Quite obviously, not all of these straw voters were Communists. Wallace could apparently count on a sizable bloc of voters who believed in a protest vote-and to hell with the consequences. The real test would be their willingness to translate their polled opinion on to the ballot next November...
...inane inclination of the average American to ... almost genuflect at the presence of a European title, phony or otherwise," snarled Sinclair Lewis, "is, to my mind ... a pathetic demonstration of sycophants. ... I wish the British would test our ridiculous national sub servience by offering a few of their hollow titles in the American open market . . . just to see who would leap at the chance to buy one." Columnist Elsa Maxwell reported that Author John Gunther (Inside U.S.A.) had told her he was reading Thucydides' Peloponnesian War "to learn all about modern politics and modern war." Added Elsa: "Maybe...
Yale, Columbia, Chicago University, and the University of Pennsylvania are among the colleges now considering use of the new test, still in its experimental stages...
...supplementary examination, the test will be extremely useful in selecting applicants and assessing their legal ability, stated school officials...