Word: absorbed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...however, a well-dressed New Yorker who called himself Dr. Joseph Knirim turned up in Vimoutiers determined to honor Marie Harel, "the discoverer of Camembert cheese." "I suffered from indigestion for months," explained Dr. Knirim, "and Camembert was the only food my stomach could absorb. I have carried across the seas this bunch of flowers to honor our common benefactress...
...concerned about the size of the crowd each Saturday afternoon. The heavy rains last fall cut quite deeply into the pockets of certain schools, and this year, all the staffs are praying for good weather. What is needed to solve this dilemma is an endowment for each school to absorb the costs of the athletic program, so that success need not be measured in ticket sales...
...Tragic Delusion. "It will be a tragic delusion to imagine that the problem can be 'solved.' The enlistment of 200,000 or more new teachers a year between now and 1959 would absorb about half the total recipients of bachelor degrees in that period. In view of the demands for college-trained personnel in industry, in Government service, in science and in the other professions, such a diversion of talent is not likely or desirable...
...steelmakers will probably raise prices, adding somewhat to the inflationary pres sures on the economy. But the price rise is not expected to have a marked effect on the cost of living. Reason: many manufacturers of consumers' goods, oper ating in a highly competitive market, will have to absorb the price increases...
...this was just one more example of why high-school math is in the plight it is. "Mathematics," says he, "is normally regarded by teachers as a subject with cut and dried rules of procedure. The theory is that the teacher simply passes on the rules, and the kids absorb them without question." The result: math has become the subject most likely to be shunned by today's high-school student (TIME. June...