Word: background
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...realize that the Freshman year is not a continuation of secondary school methods but an attempt to instill in him the principles of self education. The second consideration is that the preparatory school must not degenerate into a cramming school; and the last two are that a thorough background in foreign languages must be obtained in the preparatory school, and that the College Entrance Board Examinations must be more broad in their scope...
...Background Study. After taking the technical testimony, the Foreign Relations Committee concluded its public hearings and made ready to study larger, more intangible diplomatic factors involved, beginning with the confidential exchanges between President Hoover and Premier MacDonald which last year laid the ground work for the London parley. Secretary of State Stimson, when the committee requisitioned this secret correspondence, was alarmed lest its contents leak out to the public through the garrulity of some anti-treaty Senator...
...have been associated with some fifty teachers and administrators engaged in a study of the aims and the curricula of secondary education. Although the majority of this group are members of faculties of secondary schools, representatives of elementary and of higher education are also participating. I write with this background; but any opinions which I venture to express are personal and do not involved my colleagues in the present project of the Secondary Education Board...
...admitted if they are actively engaged in business, provided their qualifications and business experience are approved. It will be necessary to take part in the discussions in order to obtain the full benefit from the work, and therefore it is essential that applicants should have such experience and background as will enable them to take an active part in the classroom debates. In each course the number will be limited to a figure which, in the experience of the school and of the instructors, seems most desirable from the viewpoint of the student...
...than The Arizona Kid and less legitimate, with a mother-love angle and Gary Cooper as the bandit who conceals his identity. Like Warner Baxter he is an 0. Henry character-"A Double-Dyed Deceiver" has been retouched by Oliver .H. P. Garrett-but he is no Arizona Kid. Background is an element which must be weighed carefully in appraising the characters of disguised bandits called Kid. Gary Cooper is the Llano Kid. He is about to cheat an old South American woman out of all her worldly goods when his better nature awakens. Most tiresome shot: Gary Cooper...