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Governor: "You had better. Madrid orders it. If you don't, I'll withdraw the police protecting your plant. That might prove unpleasant."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Back to Work | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

At Harvard I seldom saw joy expressed over learning a foreign language. Students swelter through a few terms of French or German to get rid of an unpleasant language requirement by pulling down 564 (?) on the qualifying exam; and that's the end. The thought of reading a book for...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LANGUAGE TRAINING | 12/18/1953 | See Source »

A good part of America laxity in this area is the fault of administrators who do not accord it as important a position in the curriculum as it deserves. A good part too is the fault of teachers who make language training an unpleasant chore or merely a set of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LANGUAGE TRAINING | 12/18/1953 | See Source »

In voting on candidates, the clubs follow tradition. Members are handed a basket of black and white balls. To approve a candidate, the member picks out a white ball; the negative action in this type of voting has added an unpleasant word to the vocabulary. Two black balls are usually...

Author: By Arthur J. Langgutlr, | Title: Eleven Final Clubs: From Pig To Bat | 12/9/1953 | See Source »

Shortly afterwards, Crimeds took out their mops and cleaned up soaked comment and telephone books. Except for some posed pictures for Boston papers and a rather unpleasant aroma, things were normal by 7 p.m.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire Starts in Crimson Photo Room | 12/1/1953 | See Source »

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