Word: basic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some educators these are frightening words. Traditionally, the freshman gets his basic training in a battery of survey courses: he is whisked through the centuries, fed a few Great Ideas, forced to memorize a multitude of facts. This peculiar ritual ends with a process of mental regurgitation, commonly known as "the final." No matter what name it hides under, the survey course is supposed to provide a rock-like foundation for greater things...
...clear that the accomplishments of the Democratic senators will be of a limited nature. The Department of State cannot shift to the Capitol and it would be foolish to expect any major changes in American policy, if only because on most issues there is only a limited amount of basic disagreement...
...Unless Mr. Dulles' health declines rapidly in the near future, I think he will continue to make basic diplomatic policy," Dean Bundy told the Harvard Young Republican Club yesterday afternoon...
Organizer John Rosengrant of the Presbyterians' Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations summed it up: "When Americans go overseas, they should be able to demonstrate that their lives are centered in a basic Christian philosophy. A Christian should live his values wherever he goes...
...company headquarters, where Cannon contributes heavily toward police, churches, golf course, etc., the union has lately been distributing leaflets pointing out that Southern textile wages, averaging $1.43 an hour, are substantially below the $2.17 average for all U.S. manufacturing. Nationally, the textile industry pays the lowest wages of any basic industry...