Word: stepped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Churchill made cruel fun of Cripps for declaring so frequently that he would never devalue, then being forced into the horrid step "higgledy-piggledy." He said the Chancellor had "[turned] completely round like a squirrel in his cage." Churchill twirled his stubby forefinger to indicate the. squirrel's acrobatics, as the packed benches rocked with laughter...
...Friday" is dry, inhibited "fact-talk." Salter would rather hear his patient getting some emotional outlet by saying, "Thank heavens, today is Friday and the weekend is here." There is also "facial talk": if a cat purrs when it is happy and a dog howls when its paw is stepped on, so should a man-or at any rate, scowl. From this it is.a mere step to another Salter prescription: "Contradict and attack. When you differ with someone, do not simulate agreeability...
...result of the Law School step, all branches of Harvard are now open to women. As graduate students in Harvard or Radcliffe, girls can take courses at the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Medicine, Public Health, Dental, Medicine, Design, Education, and Public Administration...
Such changes as a modernized course structure, a step-up in hours, teaching follows as guides for first year students, and a program to improve seniors' legal writing have all been instituted this term. But it is "still too early" to tell how the new curriculum is working, Lon, L. Fuller, Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, said yesterday...
...vacation short; on his return, Cripps drove straight from the airport to Attlee's country residence at Chequers. It was at this point that Cripps changed his slow-changing mind. Ten days after Attlee and Cripps decided to devalue, the British Cabinet approved the step...