Word: groundedness
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An example of how late an undergraduate at Harvard is expected to have acquired his foundations can be seen in the present system of holding examinations in the Ancient Authors at the beginning of the Senior year. In the final analysis, this means that it is only during the final...
Bears, like most wild animals, may be frightened away by a noise. Bears will fight only when they think they are cornered. Correct procedure for an unarmed man grounded by an unwounded bear is to lie still. The bear will cuff and bite only as ong as his victim resists...
Dean Hanford further points out that examinations are necessary in spite of the admitted faults of the system. It is true that there must be some standard criterion, but it does not follow that it must be so arranged as to abnegate the background for the mere consideration of preliminary...
Critic Cortissoz coolly and continually insists that excellent technique, often branded by other critics as mere facility or the superficial finesse resulting from laborious routine, is an absolutely essential basis for all fine art worthy of the name. He finds in the late George Bellows, famed for his dramatic depiction...
Operator Vivian scooped up the loose ends of wire, held them tightly together in one hand. An arc burned his hand. To close the arc he squeezed harder. The harder he squeezed, the more current leaked into his arm, made it jerk crazily. Had he not been standing on a...