Word: correctional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...interest of truth, and in defense of 20th Century-Fox's excellent publicists, I can corroborate, and if necessary substantiate, the fact that "Cicero conveniently turned up in Ankara . . ." I was there myself . . . and I do know that this statement is correct...
...Richelieu's instructions to keep the French language pure, they had finished their revision of the As for the ninth edition of the French dictionary, were about to add a new word to the Bs. They agreed that "béquet" ("Printing term. Word or sentence added to correct text.") is now an acceptable French word. Their decision was sent on to the full, 40-man academy, which in secret session approved...
...thorough check. The doctors found high blood pressure above her heart, low blood pressure below it. This, with a murmur heard over Lorraine's heart and other signs of abnormal circulation, indicated that she had suffered since birth from a coarctation (narrowing) of the aorta. The operation to correct this condition is drastic and dangerous; furthermore, there was no record of its having been done on a woman three months pregnant. But the doctors felt that the risk had to be taken...
...Norman Douglas' perhaps most intimate friend, and the executor of his will, I must ask you to correct the misstatements made in your obituary of Feb. 18. Mr. Douglas did not die "in penury"; he was a man of independent means; nor did he die in a "borrowed villa."He honored me by living permanently in my house on Capri, where we had dwelt together since the war until his recent death...
Governor Dever has disclaimed any participation in the affair; he has pointed out that the safety commissioner's warning was "just advice" and in no way constituted banning or suppression. Dever may be entirely correct and the commissioner's action may have been a public service; yet the libel laws themselves prevent such "advice" by either the commissioner or the attorney general to be dismissed as suggestions which would have no bearing on any further jurisprudence...