Word: roughly
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...silver solution, given an electrolysis bath, copper-plated and nickel-plated. That leaves a thin shell of printing surface, which must be backed up and strengthened for the printing press. Hot, molten metal is poured into the shell, which is then rolled into a curved plate and cooled. The rough edges are beveled and it is ready for the printing press...
...rugged foothills behind Santa Barbara, Calif., hired two assistants and opened a private school for nine boys. Headmaster Curtis Wolsey Gate, who had been an English master at nearby Thacher School, was convinced that the West could use another school that combined English-style private education with the rough & ready atmosphere of California ranch life. Last week, looking back over 40 years of his experiment, 65-year-old Founder Cate was more convinced than ever...
...Over the years Santa Barbara had made some other changes. At first, each student owned his own horse, was required to feed and curry him every morning before breakfast. Riding was the school's main sport, with students taking long treks through the mountains, and competing in the rough-riding gymkhanas. For dinner, students changed riding jeans and blue shirts for stiff white collars and blue suits, were waited on by Chinese servants...
Bishop Shaw consistently advocates self-improvement and development for his race, rather than "the rough, wild way of pressure groups trying to stamp out anti-Negro activities ... A sufficient amount of real excellence-as has been achieved by Marian Anderson and Dr. Carver and Jackie Robinson-is the surest way." Above all, he believes that Negroes should observe the rule he himself has followed with such conspicuous success: take on responsibilities...
...problems of eating and sleeping will no longer be minimized by college existence. It is a beginning of sorts, because many of us have had just about enough studying, and will be content to try working for a change. For all seniors it is a chance to draw a rough balance sheet...