Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...every other line of endeavor? Where technological ability has far exceeded the wisdom to use technology in the common interest, is it cause for wonder that medicine concentrates on the esoteric rather than the mundane? You are caught in a peculiar bind. You think that physicians should be better than other people (perhaps they should), and then you want to make them better by placing them under the control of society, which, from the original premise, is not as good as they...
...changes are taking place in our atmosphere and oceans-with far-reaching but little-understood effects; e.g., on the Earth's climate. Solutions to these questions demand the best efforts of scientists from every discipline. In fact, one of the major benefits of planetary exploration will be a better understanding of the workings of the Earth...
...armpits with this new cult for fighting marriages [Feb. 21]. May I suggest a better solution-like love? I once heard a definition of love that seems particularly apropos. Love is a condition where the happiness and well-being of the beloved becomes more important than that of one's self. It makes a marvelous marriage...
...Much of the produce comes from a 1,000-acre Muslim-owned farm in Cassopolis, Mich., which has dairy cows and 10,000 laying hens. Another 1,400-acre Muslim farm is located in Albany, Ga. Says Muhammad-"What we have in mind is to purchase, wherever we can, better farm lands for our people, where they can grow their own food. We are scouting the Southwest for land...
...through the process of adaptation to environment, that future city dwellers will be born with their heads turned sideways-the better to watch behind them. As residents and businessmen seek ways to protect their property and their lives, the soaring crime rate is perhaps matched only by the rising curve of paranoia. Already, the jungle that is the U.S. city is so crisscrossed with fear and alarm wires that the following account of a day in the life of a fictional citizen of a composite U.S. city, based on security measures that already exist, is entirely within the realm...