Word: failed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Twice runner-up in the University Club of New York Invitational Intercollegiate Squash Tournament, Larry Terrell may fail to win the title this year because he won't be there...
dents who normally favor pass-fail were hesitant to pass up grades because employers might assume that they are "somehow less able than the ones who choose grades...
...School faculty instituted this system last Spring when first-year students mounted a strong campaign in favor of a uniform pass-fail system. Even then, however, there was some dissatisfaction and one student commented, "It's clear the faculty realizes this is a temporary solution...
Almost thirty per cent-the largest single group-favored a uniform pass-fail system for all three years, and 21.6 per cent-the next biggest group-chose pass-fail for the first year with options between the three alternatives for the final two years. About four per cent specified other variations which included pass-fail for the first year...
...demonstrating what they called "the coercive nature of the option system," they pointed to the answers to a question which had asked all those who favored pass-fail whether they would choose pass-fail this year under the present system...