Word: answerable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Back went Professor Romer's answer: Dimetrodon's call he did not know, but Tyrannosaurus's call bordered on the sound of a radiator steam pipe and a crocodile. The only difficulty was that there couldn't have been a death struggle, for they lived 150,000,000 years apart...
Questions consider subjects ranging from scholastic records to social view-points, aiming to learn not only the standing of each man during his four years, but also his opinions on sex, dancing, and politics. Seniors are asked to answer inquiries on movie attendance, record and book collections, and a host of similar matters based on their experiences in the College. Following the type employed by the Gallup and Fortune polls, the questions present definite choices after a general statement or inquiry...
...truth, as a certain Harvard professor is wont to exclaim, probably lies somewhere in between. Both Mr. Conant and Mr. Williams place great stress on the individual as the proper unit to deal with--and if this test is adopted, then clearly the answer is not, either work or cash scholarships, but both. Some individuals undeniably benefit by the work experience, while others find it too heavy a drain on their energies. There are enough of each variety here to make it practical for Harvard to combine the two types of scholarships. Mr. Conant, by lending his sanction...
...longer rides to hounds, likes to talk of the Wordsworthiana collection with which he endowed Cornell. He does not like to talk of his plans for simplifying ATCO (or AVCO), on which CAA has long been casting a critical eye. "But," says he, "I think simplification is the only answer...
Whether Ehrlich's laboratory assistant (Edward Norris) really turned himself into a human guinea pig, inoculated himself with 606 after it had worked on an ape, is unimportant. To criticisms of such free handling of biography in his pictures, Director Dieterle long ago wrote the best answer. Said he: ".. . The dramatization of a man's life is condensing, and not copying, the historical facts. It is the steam, and not the water, that moves the engine...