Word: verbalizations
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...poetry sound modern. His manner has always been topical, chatty, a bit brash, unfailingly poised, only rarely lyrical. Above all, Auden's work suggests that there is nothing a poet cannot write poetry about, and most young poets since the early '30s have borrowed his air of verbal freedom. With wit to spare, cleverness sometimes beyond bearing, and effortless technique, he dazzled his contemporaries well before he had anything of lasting value...
...Bill Ohle, 358th in a class of 898, had aptitude scores of 673 (verbal) and 629 (math). He lettered twice in cross-country and track, was an Eagle Scout...
With civil rights out of the way. Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress trained their verbal artillery on one another in readiness for a partisan election-year battle. Republicans rallied around President Eisenhower's black-ink budget; Democrats pushed forward under the banner of welfare legislation...
...idea that objective tests are necessary for a flood of college applicants from widely varying high schools. He believes that percentile grades are "relative hogwash," and that essay exams are irreplaceable. "The fact that not one complete sentence (or paragraph) has to be composed either in the Verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test or in the Achievement Test in English composition has destroyed the function of the old entrance examination that served as a national unifying force in the teaching of reading and writing...
Other farmers were subjected to days of verbal bombardment from loudspeaker trucks parked outside their houses. Gustav Pohl, 60, a farmer near Rostock, had resisted collectivization for five years, but gave in fortnight ago to the agitators. "They told me I could keep one cow and a few chickens and pigs for me and my family. I asked what they meant to give me for my land. They said they did not have any money right now . . ." Quietly, Pohl sent his daughter off to "visit" relatives in West Berlin for Easter, then packed a few things in a net shopping...