Word: testing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Meanwhile Walter White, secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which financed the Gaines test case, declared the decision was more sweeping than he had hoped. To Negroes it means far more than a chance to go to professional school. The South today spends only one-fourth as much for each Negro child's education as for each white child's, and in Walter White's view the court's ruling that Negroes must have equal educational opportunities means that the South must establish parity in expenditures from top to bottom...
...fortnight hence the Farm Problem will be in the hands of the 76th Congress. Since a good part of the 76th is made up of men who got their jobs from discontented farmers, Administration farm policies face their first real test. Last week's farm referenda confirmed the indications of last month's political elections. Secretary Wallace has no reason to look forward hopefully to the 76th Congress...
Amid the gentle, staccato popping of many walnuts in their test machine, the designers were able to boast last week that their device delivers no less than 60% of the output in fat whole and half meats. Previous gadgets were good if they produced 20% unbroken meats. The inventors are taking out a patent on their machine, think explosive nutcrackers can be built in quantity for $200 each...
...population, believe three children in a family is ideal. But while the average family on relief goes over that quota, the average college graduate's family falls short. To find out why, Dr. John C. Flanagan, assistant director of the American Council on Education's Cooperative Test Service, made a minute study* of 300 families of professional people...
...person who likes long-lasting excitement and an endurance test, there are the long trails with their mountain climbing and down-hill running...