Word: counters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...University thinks there is a weakness in its system which leads to tutoring, it is quite right. But if it regards liberal study rules as the proper salient to be counter-attacked, it is equally wrong. There has been one reaction predominant in the college--as disclosed in letters to the Crimson and as voiced in discussion roundabout--since the publication of Tuesday's editorial. This is the attitude that, while tutoring schools are indeed vicious and overgrown, there is a reason for their existence. This reason is the worthless teaching and organization in a great number of courses...
...Patterson . . . found only one man . . . to confront him, he aimed a terrific blow at that individual; but to his great surprise this was readily parried, and the counter blow, à la Yankee Sullivan, fell upon his left eye with such force, that, followed by a second, the desperado was thrown heavily into the street...
...Protestant Reformation, that shot was providential. Íñigo, laid up in his castle (and ever after afflicted with a limp), began thinking pious thoughts which led him, in 1534, to form a "flying squadron," the Society of Jesus, in the front ranks of the Church's Counter Reformation against Protestantism...
PARIS--France today sent additional troops to the western Pyreness to counter heavy reinforcement of Spanish garrisons just across the frontier...
...house is equipped with standard Hollywood conveniences of tennis court, bird's-eye view, projection room, outdoor bath, and such eccentric Hollywood conveniences as a built-in soda fountain. Ginger enjoys making herself chocolate sodas behind the fountain, but goes around to sit properly in front of the counter to drink them. In her studio, she makes portrait sketches and sculptures...