Word: conductivity
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...25th River Assault Group, a flotilla of gunboats headquartered at Cantho, 100 miles southwest of Saigon, but ranging through the whole delta. Born in the delta district, Chau knows every bridge, every bend in the waterways, every likely crossing point for Communist guerrillas. Chau prefers to conduct his fire fights with the Reds from the bridge of his command ship, a gunned-up LCM. "It's too hot below," says he, "and you can't see anything." Over the past year, Chau has lost only two boats, five men killed and eight wounded. By contrast, in a recent...
Harvard first determined to conduct a ceremonial graduation in 1642 when nine bachelors' degrees were awarded. To that first commencement came, in procession, the same people who will be there this morning: the Governor of the Commonwealth, with his pike-carrying guards mounted on horseback, the minister of the six towns surrounding the College, various neighboring magistrates, and the Harvard Faculty...
Bennett, the first holder of the Reinhold Niebuhr Professorship of Social Ethics at Union, is co-chairman of the editorial board of Christianity and Crisis. In 1960, he defended John Kennedy against the charges of his fellow Protestants who felt that Kennedy's Catholicism would hamper his conduct in office...
...department does not permit him, even with his new-found knowledge, to plunge into teaching on his own. He may take only one section, and the department continues to guide him and offer advice. In the first place, it provides him with a plan for the day-to-day conduct of his course, a thorough discussion of its aims, an analytical examination of the textbook and other materials used, assistance in preparation of tests and examinations, and a program of observation and visits. The new teaching fellow is encouraged to visit classes similar to the ones he is teaching. Permanent...
...doctors as well. It is difficult to pinpoint the reasons a physician might have for choosing college health service over a generally more lucrative practice. Appointments to the staff are made in a similar manner to Faculty appointments; there are physicians, associate physicians, and assistant physicians. Most conduct private practices on the outside, within limits set by the Corporation. It has been suggested that one reason these doctors have chosen this form of practice is that they would be unhappy with the political views of many of their colleagues on the outside; approximately half of the staff members belong...