Word: token
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with such a wealth of gesture, was precisely now, as he took, with his list of New Year colfichets whatever, his way to the great palace, fairly flicked his with the sense of his never so let himself in, as he phrased it, without letting any by the same token...
...same token, no reasons exist for raising the requirement. Of the 85 per cent who now continue study above the official minimum, perhaps 10 per cent could not reach the proposed score of 650. And of these at least half could pass an intermediate course with a D--. Clearly, then, a raise in the requirement would not appreciably affect the level currently being attained by the Harvard student body...
...image is made not so much by what it requires as by what its graduates have achieved. That Harvard has provided the courses and the intellectual atmosphere to induce its students to go beyond what it demands--by their own volition--is no small victory. This initiative under only token compulsion argues more loudly for Harvard's "image" than would a high requirement. The present system is more than merely adequate. It is deserving of justifiable pride...
...stressed that this protest is not a "token demonstration" but will be followed by more protests at local ABC-Paramount theatres...
...what now, as he took, with his prepared list of New Year colifichets and whatever, his way to the great gaudy palace, fairly flicked his cheek with the sense of his having never before so let himself in, as he ruefully phrased it, without letting anything, by the same token...