Word: adopted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...formerly head of the Yale Center of Alcohol Studies), only one U.S. alcoholic out of six is a woman, but the ratio is creeping up. One probable reason, he suggested, is women's increased earning power: "When women compete with men in the professional field, they tend to adopt some of the outward signs of male culture...
Thus far Cornell has approached the problem cautiously without attempting to adopt a single over-all plan. Most of the non-liberal arts undergraduates colleges have made provision for their students to take as many courses as possible, often up to one-fourth of their total college credits, outside their own specialized curricula, preferably in the Arts college. And considerable interchange does take place--the Arts college does almost half the undergraduate teaching in the University although it does not have nearly half the undergraduates...
Since many successful ploysmen have become absolute masters of Globemanship, it would be sheer folly for an amateur to fight them on their own terms. For this professional clan, you must adopt certain specific ploys that work to embarrass the "traveler" and make him feel guilty for his "trip." This aspect of Globemanship will be diagrammed tomorrow...
...first, Novikoff appeared to be ready to adopt a course of general cooperation with the committee, which claimed to have evidence of his participation in Communist activities while a member of the faculty of Brooklyn College, prior to coming to Vermont...
...confused situation in which the American people are not being alerted to the dangers that lie ahead. Possibly it's because the Republicans think they have printed too many copies of their "peace and prosperity" slogan to adopt a new one before the congressional elections are held in November. But time is running out, and the factors of tension and explosiveness that make for sudden war are not being erased by the attitude of passivity which seems to prevail in official quarters-including Denver, where the fishing and the golfing have been pleasant-as if peace is attainable...