Word: dependently
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...country hemmed in by habits and caution. At one time it was the richest, mightiest people among those in the center of the world stage. But, after great misfortunes, it withdrew within itself." Gradually, De Gaulle led up to his message: a nation's greatness does not depend on colonialism. "It is quite natural to feel a nostalgia for what was the empire, just as one can miss the mellowness of oil lamps, the splendor of sailing ships, the charm of the carriage era. But what of it? There is no valid policy outside realities...
...four "junior colleges" which teach the basic medical sciences for two years, then send their diploma-holding graduates to enter four-year schools as juniors. This is a vital and valuable service to the four-year schools. Most of their dropouts, averaging 10% (but ranging as high as 19%, depend ing mainly on the thoroughness of their preadmission screen ing), are in the first two years. The result: vacancies in the upper classes, with only 90 M.D.s graduated for every 100 freshmen. There are an estimated 800 such vacancies now, of which fewer than 150 can be filled...
...Hard." Is there any solution? One might be to return to strictly academic criteria. But unless the Ivy League colleges expand (unlikely), or until the nation creates more good colleges that also enjoy Ivy League prestige, besieged admissions men seem due to depend more and more on subjective criteria...
...majors to lower gasoline prices at the pump, as they did recently in West Germany. But they do not have the world wide refining and marketing facilities for a heavy offensive, often cannot offer customers a sustained flow of oil at the same price. Big customers therefore must depend on the majors for oil - at the majors price. Furthermore, the majors are not above ganging up on an independent that challenges the price pattern, bringing the full weight of their power to bear...
Toys in the Attic. Playwright Lillian Hellman's taut, powerful drama about a weak ne'er-do-well's sudden wealth and the anguish this brings to the women who depend on his dependence on them. Jason Robards Jr. heads a fine cast...