Word: proper
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...finest record in the U. S. Time and again Army tacklers broke through to down shifty Moon Mullins and Sprinter Jack Elder. In the second quarter Elder, on his four-yard line, got to an Army pass. Instead of knocking it down and covering receivers, in the fashion proper for goal-line defenders, he caught it, raced 96 yards for the only touchdown of the game. Notre Dame 7, Army 0. Brainy, hard running, hard kicking Carideo's punts were sometimes blocked but his generalship vindicated the judgment of critics who had already made him their choice...
...well known report on undergraduate concentration President Lowell pointed out that the emphasis should be on avocational or cultural rather than professional training. Economics gives a broad viewpoint on life when approached in a proper spirit, but it is to be feared that these figures in large part indicate at tendency toward premature vocational training which should not be encouraged...
...Gallagher's letter (TIME, Nov. 18, p. 8) suggests the story of the American who had been constantly corrected in his pronunciation of Eng- lish proper names, until his patience was well-nigh exhausted: his English friend happening to refer to Niagara Falls, the American was prompt to correct him. "No, no," he said, "at home we pronounce it Niffles...
...general be formed on a similar pattern. It is intended, therefore, that each should contain two hundred and fifty undergraduates, more or less, about equally divided among the three upper classes. They will be admitted to the House as sophomores, and although a transfer to another House for proper reasons may not be excluded, they will normally make it their home throughout the rest of their college course. They will be required to take, or rather to pay for--a less objectionable way of attaining the same practical result--a certain number of meals in the dining-room every week...
...picture shows that the producers are making progress in sound technique. "Evidence" exhibits little of the self-conscious parading of strange noises for the mere sake of showing off. There are animals occasionally gurgling for this talkie, but they are incidental to the plot and are kept in the proper place. Pauline Frederick, an oldtimer on stage and screen, does a fine piece of work in the principal female role of the mother full of maternal affection. It is a difficult role to handle without slopping over into the worst sort of sentimentality and her experience stands her in good...