Word: worth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Communist bandits in South Korea, who need money for their own purposes, were hard hit-they did not dare to appear at exchange windows. At Kobu in the southwest, 15 of them attacked a government finance office, killing a guard and a bystander, and made off with $6,000 worth of the new hwan. Some of Rhee's political enemies noted bitterly that the new system will make it difficult for opposition parties to convert their funds...
...Catholic, were irked by the controversy (said a Protestant vicar: "Let these Americans squabble at home"). Some representatives in the Dail, Ireland's parliament, asked the government to take action against Blanshard. But Minister for External Affairs Frank Aiken, a better democrat than they, retorted: "It is not worth noticing...
Although he is enthusiastic about classical art, Bober's home is filled with art of all kinds. He feels that any natural material molded into a new form by human effort is a work of art worth considering. In teaching, he tries to portray art as an emotional expression. "The trouble with most art courses today is that they teach you too much about lantern slides and not enough about painting and sculpture...
First, to clear up some misunderstandings: the CRIMSON did not refer to English A papers but to papers in other courses when discussing the worth of papers in the old days. secondly, Drs. Rhinelander and Graubard confuse the CRIMSON's gripes about Gen. Ed. Ahf with its criticisms of the standard General Education courses. A B papers gained by five hours work has no place in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences courses. But if the Confidential Guide questionnaires are accurate, they do crop...
...that education is worthless unless it involves decision-making as well as routine work. Schedule conflicts, squeeze plays, and inter-group disharmony are just the sort of problems that students can educate themselves by solving. If, whenever these problems afflict groups, the students run to Watson for mothering, the worth of a Harvard education must perforce decline...