Word: zero
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Yale system uses marks ranging from three for excellent to zero for failure. It purports to discourage pure grinds, while increasing participation in extracurricula activities. The Law School here has the widely-used one to 100 grading basis...
...these things are just symptoms, of course, but the symptoms add up to Zero. The present atmosphere of the College is a political minus, arrived at by subtracting our self-interests from our ideals. We would much rather be safe and sure and successful than be called names or be accused of ideological heresy. We have Neon teeth and a firm handshake, but no political guts or convictions--the willingness to experiment and make mistakes. Right now is 30 years from now, which Professor Kirkland might have realized had he stayed in town...
...place where it counts most in building tension for the whole movie. The murder retailers do such a big business over such a short period that the picture gets a bit silly when it ought to be chilling. But it never gets dull. The thugs (notably Ted de Corsia, Zero Mostel, Everett Sloane) are well cast and played. Even Tough Guy Bogart, in a role happily without romantic attachments, seems shocked by the lethal goings...
...skiing tournament 45 miles to the north of Hanover took place in bitter sub-zero cold. Many weekenders by-passed the athletics and elected to settle by crackling log fires...
...system, which goes into effect at the end of the first term, instructors will mark papers excellent, good, satisfactory, or failure. Number values ranging from three for excellent to zero for failure will be given for the purposes of computing a weighted average and awarding prizes...