Word: adjustment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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James S. Coles, Bowdoin President, termed the idea "a very fine suggestion. I think the colleges, particularly New England colleges should take a position of leadership. It's very encouraging that colleges are talking about the problem and studying it," Coles said. "It's a good thing to adjust our scholarship resources to do the most good...
...qualities of leadership and ability to get along with people. Industry is discovering that the man who can run one company can run another one making an entirely different product, because the qualities required for most top jobs are virtually identical-the ability to judge and pick men, to adjust easily to change, to make sound decisions quickly and firmly...
What worries Dr. Hutchins most is the pressure on higher education to adjust itself to the prevailing social and political mores of the majority. Says Hutchins: "Everybody is supposed to be like everybody else. The doctrine of adaptation has won the day." All wrong, he says: "The history and tradition of our country make it plain that the essence of the American way of life is its hospitality to criticism, protest, unpopular opinions and independent thought...
...Roosevelt's first Secretary of the Treasury) is assistant director of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Trailside Museum. His purpose: to explore the intimate lives of all Southwestern reptiles, a subject not well known. Since reptiles are "coldblooded" (i.e., have no built-in thermostats as mammals do), they must adjust their activities to the temperature around them. In cold weather they are sluggish, and if they stay out too long in Arizona's searing sun, they die of heat prostration. So Woodin believes that an important step toward understanding the life routines of desert reptiles is to observe their...
...Adjustable Battery. Willard Storage Battery Co. announced that it will soon put on sale a new auto battery with a special plastic gadget to adjust the water according to the seasons. More water in summer cuts acid deterioration, the company said, and less water in winter gives the battery more...