Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wonder his clothes are shabby and his beard unkempt and bristling with wood shavings. But he has something for you, Virginia. Shyly he smiles, sneezes, and floats unsteadily up the chimney, leaving a Grandma Moses original on the hearth. Your eyes are lighting up, Virginia. Now you realize. This was Santa Claus...
...Both the Design School and the Department of Fine Arts do elementary and studio work in painting and design," he said, "and we wonder to what extent this work in the two schools is parallel." If the committee decides that the courses are similar enough in content and objectives, it may recommend establishing joint instruction...
...bladder surgery. Lawrence explained with the sincerest form of flattery: "Why, he just had the same operation that Adlai Stevenson had." Later, at a meeting of committeemen from the Western states, Lawrence tried again. Said he: "I won't ask you to raise your hands, but I just wonder how many men in this room haven't had gallstones...
...familiar piece of music? "Ah," says Pianist Novaë's, with a knowing smile. "This is New York. You have the best artists here." But there was more to it than that. "I always play a piece differently. I always discover something different in it, and I wonder, why haven't I thought of this before? Art is a most subtle thing. Ourselves, we don't understand it always...
...primary reason for the action, Van Vleck cites the fact that few students are aware that engineering occupies a large part of the Division. "Many alumni wonder if we are still interested in engineering. By giving the department a new and more precise name we are attempting to spell out explicitly what we are doing," says the Dean...