Word: turned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tamil, spoken by about 2,000,000 Hindus, the descendants of migrants to Ceylon from India over the centuries. The present government of wispy Premier Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, made up of an odd lot of left-wing parties, came to power two years ago, pledged to turn Ceylon neutralist and to make Sinhalese the "national language." When challenged by the Tamil leadership, the Premier conceded that Tamil could be recognized as the language of a "national minority." This roused the fury of the powerful Buddhist monks, who left off praying to the Sacred Tooth of Buddha to demand...
Colonel DeVere Armstrong, USA, professor of Military Science, rotated into his turn as master of ceremonies this year and welcomed the audience to the moist and heavy-aired Sever Quadrangle theatre after leading the speakers' party through two tight, stiff rows of cadets and midshipmen...
...rate of progress must seem unbelievably slow and very characteristically Southern to outsiders. But the roots are there; they merely have to grow. The South will not remain in a state of suspended stagnation, but must eventually rise to better standards of education. The wheels have already begun to turn; they only need more acceleration...
...search for the source of America's educational woes never flags. This year we turn back to the secondary schools where are sown the problems that Universities like Harvard later fall heir to, through no fault of their own. We will not stop there you may be sure. Tomorrow, kindergarten; the next day, the womb...
...This in turn inspired the more ingenious students to attempt to decipher the system, so only that part of the lesson they would be called upon to discuss had to be studied. Rivalry between students and tutors was keen, with victory in the long run falling equally to both sides...