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...such a context, . . . that the Congressional investigation phenomena must be viewed, if we are to become sensitive to their deeper meaning as a local phase of opposition to human advancement. It should be noted that all of the above applies as well to the Soviet Union and the relationship between its educational system and its total organization; the points in this case being crudely obvious...
...carried on in Chicago in 1927, to inform the Committee how he had earned $5000 in 1942, or to say whether he know William Johnson, the president of four dog tracks in Florida. These questions, together with others, the court stated did not appear on their face or in context "to pertain to the investigation which was being conducted in 1951 into the activities of organized crime in interstate commerce." Accordingly, the trial court should have directed a verdict of acquittal...
...treatment of Miss Besser's name ("S" being the German designation for E flat, and "R" representing rc, or D). The theme appears in several guises, bandied about by piano and orchestra until the powerful inevitable climax. While the piano part does not stand out brilliantly from its orchestral context, it still needs a virtuoso performance. Miss Besser, both technically and interpretively, gave it just that...
...assignments. The German department claims that students' grades on the proficiency exam are almost directly proportional to their scores on the course material. But since a healthy share of that exam consists of isolated vocabulary words and idioms, many students who have become adept at recognizing words in context would have their grades jeopardized by this policy...
...courses rather than a weight for the students. The ideal final examination is set up to see how well an individual can handle the material of a course and not to register a person's ambition and ability to memorize numerous facts which mean nothing to him out of context...