Word: common
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Even though we could take a poll," the court mused, "... a majority of the votes of those in prisons and brothels, for instance, ought scarcely to outweigh the votes of accredited churchgoers." Besides, there were precedents: aliens living in common-law marriage had been admitted. "We have now to say whether it makes a critical difference that the alien's lapses are casual, concupiscent and promiscuous, but not adulterous." In fact, concluded Judge Hand, he and his two colleagues did not see any such difference, and ruled that Schmidt should be made a U.S. citizen...
...antibiotics because of possible harmful side effects such as kidney damage. But it has already been used with success as a last desperate measure. Just before Labor Day, a fat but unhappy farmer was admitted to Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. He had a deep-seated infection caused by a common microbe, Aerobacter aerogenes, which is usually a pushover for penicillin or streptomycin...
...virologist, Dr. Vincent Groupe, to Waksman's staff. Thus far, Groupe can report no progress, but neither can other virologists; the job may take years. But Waksman is sure that some day, somewhere, something will be found to ease the horror of poliomyelitis and the nuisance of the common cold. That something may well be an unknown microorganism fighting its battle in the soil...
...Common's menus are on the same repetitious week to week cycle that Harvard menus are, but Princeton is feeding only 1650 freshmen and sophomores from its kitchen. This puts Commons cooking on a more homey basis than the Harvard central kitchen which serves to over 3,000 students...
Next Tuesday, these six will choose which of the Union activities they want to run. According to the new Union Charter, they may choose among: Crimson Key Representative, Secretary of the Union Committee, chairman of the Athletic, Dance, Freshman Activities, and Common Room Committees...