Word: compressive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thin Air. Cliff Garrett's associates like to say that "he built a business out of thin air." He literally did. His Garrett Corp. (AiResearch is a manufacturing division) grew by making devices to cool, blow and compress air, is now outranked only by Bendix and Sperry in the aircraft accessory business...
This would not be acceleration which would merely shorten and compress the existing course program; it would probably involve many changes in the course setup itself. The idea of a three-year curriculum actually dates back to President Eliot...
...Under existing Army regulations, I have no authority to compress the basic course into less than two academic years," he said. "A cadet must satisfactorily complete the basic course (Military Science 1 and 2 or the equivalent) before he may enter the advanced course (Military Science...
...began the most painful part of the treatment: under the revealing lamp, infected hairs were pulled out with tweezers. In spite of loud screams echoing down the halls, this Spartan procedure was necessary because the fungus penetrates the follicle clear down to the hair root. After a hot salt compress to open up the pores, the children had a detergent solution (Bacticide) rubbed into their scalps...