Word: answerable
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...like Jim. He draws his uniform, and by the end of the comic book he has acquired self-confidence, leadership, and a brunette with a Buick convertible, who hangs on his sleeve and says, "Ted, you're getting so many decorations! What are you, a general or something?" (Answer: "Not yet. The loop is for Pershing rifles and the medal is for sharp-shooters.") Quick-tongued now, he shines at the annual military ball: "Ted, that's the dreamiest band I've ever danced to." "And you're the dreamiest girl I ever danced with." He has fun at summer...
Bertrand Russell came here last week to offer a "neutral monism" as the answer to the problem of the dichotomy of mind and matter. Unfortunately, his audience was treated to a demonstration of the supremacy of matter that left several of them badly bruised...
...broad "comprehensives" filled with essay questions. Later, the board pioneered with "scholastic aptitude" tests. By World War II it begar, giving "achievement tests" in 10 different subjects. Of these, in addition o the scholastic aptitude test, most colleges require three. Instead of writing essays, the student must now answer short questions, designed to test his ability to think as well as remember. Unlike the older essays, they are questions no teacher can anticipate, and no student can ever cram for.* Some 80,000 youngsters will be puzzling their heads over them in this year's college boards...
Just 50 years ago John D. Rockefeller Sr. became convinced that medical science in the U.S. was lagging behind other sciences because most researchers were doctors who had to take time out for patients and teaching. His answer to this problem was a foundation for pure medical research, to be staffed by top-notch scientists working full time. It has since been endowed with 60 million Rockefeller dollars...
Naturals. In Looe, England, first prize for "the most outstanding and unusual fish" caught in an angling contest was awarded to Henry Whale. In Detroit, the first woman to answer a call for reserve policewomen was Catherine Police...