Word: burrs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Donald B. Lindsley, professor of Psychology at the University of California, will give this year's third William James Lecture this afternoon at 4:15 p.m. in Allston Burr Lecture Hall...
...compressed-air pipe sticking from the rubble. He yelled back, heard an answering croak: "There are twelve of us in here. Come and get us.'' That they did. Swiftly, yet with infinite care, the rescuers dug toward the entombed men, both sides shouting happy obscenities. A burr-tongued Scotsman yelled through the pipe, got the reply: "Take the marbles out of your mouth and talk English." The rescue team shoved a copper tube through the steel pipe, poured in water, hot coffee, then soup, while a mine doctor shouted instructions to take one swallow, count 500, take another...
...lectures, which will be given for the next nine Mondays in Allston Burr Lecture Hall, will explore the underlying mechanisms for such phenomena as perception, learning, motivation, and emotion...
Three University officials yesterday lauded the late Stefan Valavanis, former assistant professor of Economics, for his outstanding work in various branches of the field of Economics. Gottfried Haberler, Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade, Richard T. Gill, Allston Burr Senior Tutor in Leverett House, and George A. Buttrick, Preacher to the University, spoke at a special service held yesterday afternoon in Memorial Church. Valavanis died after an accidental shooting last summer...
Richard T. Gill '48, Allston Burr Senior Tutor of Leverett House, described Valavanis yesterday as "not only as an outstanding scholar, but also an excellent teacher...