Word: true
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Educational Testing Service's examinations have become so critical in schooling that a single day's test can effectively vitiate four years of academic achievement. This is true not only for college but for graduate and professional school admissions as well. The examination system may be a convenience to admissions officers who are fundamentally too lazy to devise means to assess candidates on individual merit; and it is doubtless a boon to the test authors, evaluators and proctors who regularly enjoy its moonlighting income. But it has surely demeaned education and caused widespread cynicism among students. Why indeed...
...natives bought such publications only for the paper, which they used to roll their pungent plug tobacco. But then Wantok began carrying the adventures of the Phantom translated into pidgin. (Sample dialogue: "Fantom, yu pren tru bilong mi. Inap yu ken helpim mi nau?" Meaning: "Phantom, you are a true friend of mine. Are you able to help me now?") Circulation of the paper began to climb. Illiterates bought their copies and then waited patiently for public readings of their hero's latest adventure. Taking advantage of the strip's popularity, the government hung posters of the Phantom...
...political of maestros, he would have been a sitting duck for the cartoonists. As it was, detractors mocked his phony accent and snickered when he shook hands with Mickey Mouse in Walt Disney's Fantasia (1940). Yet he was one of the 20th century's handful of true geniuses. He could draw from an orchestra-almost any orchestra-sounds that shimmered gloriously...
...listener finds a good example in the opening cut on side one, a 1958 Buddy Holly number called "It's So Easy." Played in a straight-forward rhythm-and-blues style, the accent here, as on every other cut, is on Linda. She belts this one out with true style, growling and cooing over the notes in a fine evocation of the early days of rock. The selection is even more significant when compared to one of her early numbers, "Heat Wave," a 1963 hit by Martha Raye and the Shirelles. That song was a tremendous hit, and deservedly...
...Trial of Brother Jero and Jero's Metamorphosis, at the Loeb Mainstage, the mistake is made by the other characters who think they know the true nature of Jero, an evangelist. Jero seems to be a guileless prophet saving souls. But he is really a beguiling con man who profits no one but himself. This funny moralistic play, written by Nigeria's leading playwright and directed by visiting director Harold Scott '57 gives a humorous evocation of the "temptations" in contemporary African life. And it gives anyone interested in working on production or costuming an opportunity to convey an unusual...