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Word: thoughts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...girl or a boy. One factor is writing ability, which tends to favor the girls. Another is the fact that, due to difference in study habits, boys' examinations tend to be "uneven." A Harvard student often "hits" one essay question, for which he had completed the reading and devoted thought, better than a Cliffie. But often he will completely "miss" two other answers. In contrast to this, girls, who usually do all the reading uniformly well, answer all questions with relatively equal competence. In the long run, this tendency works out in favor of the girls. "Education based on knowledge...

Author: By Pauline A. Rubbelke and Claude E. Welch jr., S | Title: Sexes Battle for Academic Superiority | 4/9/1959 | See Source »

Departing from the experimentalism of Pirandello and the social satire of Wilde, Repertory Boston has added a competent adaptation of Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory to its collection. The addition is a fine one: this stage version of one of the better recent novels stimulates thought, and receives, under Stephen Aaron's direction, a careful and well-paced performance...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: The Power and the Glory | 4/9/1959 | See Source »

...lieutenant, Dean Gitter is properly obnoxious, and convinces one that he sincerely believes in the socialist doctrines he preaches. In his final conversation with the priest (adequately though not excitingly portrayed by Michael Mabry), he successfully conveys the impression that some human element is lacking in Utopian thought, while the priest presents the case for suffering...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: The Power and the Glory | 4/9/1959 | See Source »

...discussion of possible future extension or disposal of the property would be "speculation," he continued. Adding that he thought the Harvard "offer" was prompted by a study made several years ago, recommending a $40 million subway extension to the Fresh Pond Area, Pompeo stated that any question of expansion would have to be determined by the State Legislature...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MTA Denies Possibi ity Of Land Sale, Extension | 4/7/1959 | See Source »

Several councillors questioned the importance of the yards, particularly the repair facilities. Councillor Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, said he thought that "less than ten" employees now worked in the shops, and asserted that it was "a little selfish on the part of the MTA" to retain the extensive facilities when the propety might be put to more productive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MTA Denies Possibi ity Of Land Sale, Extension | 4/7/1959 | See Source »

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