Word: writes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...response to public discontent with the quality of high school English teaching." The member colleges and schools of the C.E.E.B. have also become increasingly dissatisfied with the results of English instruction, he explained. Martin cautioned, however, "There is no proof, only a general impression, that students today read and write worse than students of 25 years...
...that demands a classic actor with the kind of diction only the classicists of the theatre possess"--and would have preferred to see "Olivier or Richardson" in "MacLeish's exalted poem"; but she had no reservations about the play itself--"I know of no other American poet who could write this legend in such noble and flexible language or maintain, as he does much of the time, its purity and its dimensions." Newsweek concluded its account of opening night by reporting that "the box-office lines stretched around the corner the next day, assuring the author that the audiences were...
...sympathy. Wrote he to Critic Crosby: "I wanted you to have a copy of this complete from my own hand. It's not a pleasant story, but I tried to make it a true one at least. I'm sure I won't read anything you write so don't worry about that...
...answers to the Comparative Lit exam.") Officials of several colleges hinted that they would welcome his job applications. Among them: St. John's, the "great books" college in Annapolis, Md., where he took his B.A. In Manhattan, a new magazine called Leisure asked Van Doren to write a column titled "The Intellect at Leisure...
Last week Britain's Family Doctor magazine opened an all-out campaign against snoring, asked all British sufferers (and their suffering spouses) to write in the answers to questions that might shed light on causes and remedies. Sample questions: At what age did the snorer begin snoring? In what position does he sleep? Does he have false teeth, or smoke, or chew...