Word: stickful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...schools and their emphasis upon spirit from blame, for the college reaction. It is a characteristic fostered by men of college age, independent of school training to disregard as superfluous all community interests which do not react to the immediate satisfaction of the individual. Dr. Abbott writes, "let us stick to the old order, if so-called individualism is going to bring to pass the current state of disinterestedness and selfishness in our colleges...
...extra session of Congress lent realism to the threat of Democratic Leader Robinson to force one unless his $25,000,000 Federal food fund for Drought sufferers was accepted by the Administration. If Congress-rejected this proposal, Senator Robinson, confident of Insurgent assent, warned Republican leaders: "You can stick your appropriation bills up-on the shelf." Later they helped Senator Robinson attach his relief plan to the Interior Department appropriation bill where they vowed it would stick in spite of President Hoover's objections...
...movie is an ex ample of how much better the radio is for me to get my particular methods to the public as opposed to the theatre. The picture spoils the illusion and besides you never know how it is going to turn out. As long as I stick to the air I can keep up my following for twenty years or more, but a few bad movies would have a devastating effect, so why gamble? My movie was a simple story with hardly any plot, but it was advertised in such a way that everyone expected something stupendous...
Onetime British Soldier Aldington disagrees with the late great French Soldier Foch. Foch was usually wise enough to stick to his horizon-blue muttons, but once hazarded the opinion that the heroic soldier's reward was glory. In these 13 stories Aldington gives various examples of the soldier's reward. In the light of the title, all are bitterly satirical. Some of them...
Aptitude tests may be interesting mental gymnastics, but it is doubtful if the abilities of the human mind can be lined up and measured with a yard stick. The extent of even an average intellect could scarcely be gauged in the course of a few hours examination. Such examinations have proved worthwhile in conjunction with College Entrance Examinations and the selection of skilled labor. The real difficulty would seem to lie in applying them to the more mature and developed minds of students seeking entrance to Graduate Schools. The system has been tried at law schools and found wanting...