Word: complemented
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...amazing thing. Malta, traditionally Britain's "Key to the Mediterranean." had become last week an inviting naval keyhole. In fear of Italian bombing planes, the big British ships normally based at Malta had withdrawn to Egyptian and Syrian waters, leaving in the keyhole only a British aircraft carrier, its complement of battle planes and a few-light destroyers as the best weapons to be left there...
Arthur B. Emmons, III, ocC., president of the Harvard climbers, is organizing the party. Charles S. Houston '35, former vice-president, Edward C. Streeter, Jr. '36, vice-president, and Donald W. Brown '33, former secretary, will be among others on the trip, whose complement has not been filled...
Their lectures neither stray away from nor duplicate the assigned reading. They "complement, explain, and discuss" it, surely a broad enough field for any professor. By outlining the fundamental principles which their classes should keep in mind, they are able to show what hearing the reading has on the work. In addition, they bring the enthusiasm and ability to their lectures which is capable of stirring interest to learn the truth of important platitudes. The replies to the Questionnaire show clear evidence that the Freshmen consider these courses the most satisfactory...
Resolution: That the lectures complement, explain, and discuss the assigned reading rather than duplicate it or stray away from it, as is now true...
...Introduction: In many cases it has been found that the lectures do not complement or even bear any relation to the assigned reading. As the course tends to lose its unity and significance when its various component parts are advancing in tangents or, as is perhaps more important, when the lectures do little more than duplicate the reading, we recommend...