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...then listed: (1) preparation of a bibliography; (2) actually doing the research work; (3) advice on any part of the work that the writer wishes to do himself; (4) preparation of a typewritten bond; and (5) preparation of a final copy to be turned in. "The thesis writer may avail himself of any or all of these possibilities. . .," the letter continued...
...Bill Haley and his comets, teenagers all over the country had begun to "Rock Around the Clock." Another film with Sheree North's controversial interpretation of Rock n Roll was followed by a sharp rise in the "juvenile delinquency" rate, and subsequent protests from law enforcement agencies. To no avail. Rock n Roll shows signs of lasting...
...conservative Financial Times, "is directly competitive with vital exports ... It seems increasingly likely that [the H-bomb] has turned the cold war into a prolonged struggle for economic domination of the world. In that struggle ... capacity of the British steel industry or the level of British exports may avail more in the end than current military strength...
...laboratory at London's St. Mary's Hospital seemed downright dull. But he was nothing if not dogged. He was 47 years old, and he had spent 20 years trying to find something to kill the microbes that cause infections in man, especially in wounds. To no avail; he found a substance in human tears that killed some germs, but not the important ones...
When he got reserpine last summer, Dr. Tasher made his test as rigorous as possible. He chose patients in whom all the approved treatments-and others now discarded-had failed to bring lasting improvement. They had got as much psychotherapy as the short staff could provide-all to no avail...