Word: crude
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Boulris, although he is still a very crude sort of fielder, has now developed into the most consistent hitter on the Crimson squad...
...years ago, cancer was detected by the crude method of waiting for an obvious malignancy to appear. Then Dr. George Papanicolaou of Cornell University Medical College devised his revolutionary method of early detection: smearing body secretions on glass slides for microscopic study of cells. In thousands of doctors' offices, the now standard Papanicolaou technique is to stain cells with polychrome dyes. Seen in the visible spectrum of light, the dyes readily emphasize the structure of malignant cells...
America, now developing tactics to ward off enemy ballistic missiles, will have a "crude but effective defense," MacIntyre commented. Although this system will not be in operation for several years, he claimed that "there is no substantial long-range missile threat because our defense system will be ready by the time the Soviet Union can mass produce an effective weapon...
...multifoliate, delicately shaded structure of Japanese manners, even the off-duty politeness of policemen needs subtle cultivation. Other petals of advice in the pamphlet for crude cops...
...ZZZZHH, ZZZZHH ; UMPAH, UMPAH; OOOOH, OOOOH. The personage in whose honor the morning rites are performed is abrupt, autocratic, rumpled Professor Paul Baker, 47, head of Baylor University's department of dramatics. In the judgment of Actor Charles Laughton, an old friend, Baker is "crude, arrogant, irritating, nuts and a genius." He is also one of the most effective college teachers in the country...