Word: answers
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...answer is not to be found in the petty and irritating hour examinations which have a tendency to clutter up the already too-complicated mechanics of so many advanced courses, and which in any analysis, emphasize the value of the course as a unit at the expense of the knowledge gleaned from the course. The whole fabrication of American education is built on the fallacy of the written examination as a safe and sound criterion of ability. Even the most conscientious assistant will admit that the phenomenon of decreasing returns applies to correcting test papers. The section man is mentally...
...workers knew the answer: "Il Duce! IL DUCE...
...good lawyer would, Lord Birkenhead did not at once reply to Scientist Haldane's charges, took time to make a thorough study of his adversary, ended by finding his weak point. Moreover the Earl did not see why he should not make a good thing out of answering the charge of plagiarism. He made a good thing of it last week by selling his 3,000-word answer to the Daily Express which ballyhooed it as "exclusive...
...Samurai clan of deathless bravery, a highstrung man of 40, husband of a devoted wife, father of four. This officer last week engaged a berth at Kobe on the night express for Tokyo. Along toward dawn the conductor heard groans from his compartment, knocked diffidently, received no answer, debated for some time before he dared to unlock a staff officer's door...
...debut in her life sufficiently pressing to curtail her college career. It is true the Committee on Admission has attempted to prevent this situation by asking all candidates how long they intend to remain if they get in, but most candidates have long since learned the correct answer to this question and to employ it regardless of sincerity. --Vassar Miscellany News...