Word: constructed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...been conditioned by 12-15 years of seeking a verdict." He defines grades as "the money of the academic system," which gives students an easy definition of their value, and adds that he wants to make education "self-directed--which is harder for the student," but "allows him to construct the course for himself--which is what we want...
...jailers. He read Scriptures and spent hours making up sermons. "Often in his letters home," said his brother, Dermatologist Brent Olmstead, "he'd include a little prayer he'd written especially for us." In his letters home, Bruce Olmstead always seemed to be trying to construct for himself some sort of image of his daughter's childhood that he was missing. "I try to picture her emptying the ashtrays. All I can see is her, with a surprised, half-whimpering look on her face, with half a cigarette in one hand and rubbing wet tobacco into...
...current and frequency. To the U.S. Army, the idea was especially attractive : it was hunting for a safe, simple way to anesthetize battlefield patients without the use of bulky, expensive gas equipment. With Army funds, doctors at the University of Mississippi, experimenting with dogs and monkeys, set out to construct a cheap mobile unit that could be used to shock human patients to sleep...
Harvard and Radcliffe officials have been conferring on long range plans to construct new Radcliffe dormitories on the University's Observatory Hill property...
...practicing philanthropy, at least not on business hours, and slum properties are very profitable investments because of the high population concentration. To participate in urban renewal projects would mean not only giving up lucrative tenement properties, but also paying exorbitant prices for slum land in order to construct (at high cost) less profitable housing. So a lot of government money is needed to set up a meaningful urban renewal program. With the state unwilling and the city unable to contribute a great deal, the bulk of the money will have to come from the Federal government...