Word: wander
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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While this attitude may be defensible for the department's regular program, it is hardly apt when carried over to tutorial work. The fear that sophomore groups might wander off the grand sweep, studying Collycibber instead of Pope, has led the department to climinate self directed tutorial sessions by anchoring them to the hard core, of English 10. The sections of English 10 are the tutorial sessions; the section men are the tutors, and they must necessarily gear their work to that of the course. All groups, therefore, study roughly the same material, at approximately the same speed and diversions...
...been produced by many amateur groups since that time, and is no doubt familiar to most theatre goers. Structurally, it is unconventional theatre. There is little suspense, and even less plot. Most of the characters are reminiscent of the Kaufman and Hart people who merely wander on and off the stage...
...line coach had wandered back to the locker room. "We've got all kinds," he said. "Fencers, swimmers, they all wander up. I've get a few slacker-offs, but most work at it pretty hard." He unlaced his shoes and headed for the shower...
Many wives have developed their own special ways of helping out with TIME stories. Part-time Correspondent Bud Wild, of London, Ontario, credits his wife, Libby, with an "uncanny ability to put the finger on me no matter where I may wander," whenever a TIME query comes to their home. In Hartford, Conn., Moses Berkman's wife, Florence, is especially helpful on stories dealing with art, since she is both an ex-reporter and a member of the Hartford Art School Board. But Louis Brustein, Bridgeport, Conn., attributes to his wife an unusual aptitude: her patience in peeling onions...
...exams. Mr. Wilder heard about this and was disturbed that he had no radio ... He came down to the station one day and asked if he might just sit in the studio. We assured him that this would be possible . . . Thereafter, for the next couple of weeks, he would wander in whenever he pleased (sometimes as early as 6 a.m. after eating breakfast at one of the all-night restaurants in the Square), and listen for hours at a time. Once, when he fell asleep, we put up a sign: "Don't disturb. Mr. Wilder is sleeping to Mozart...