Word: developed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What really happened at the Washington foreign ministers' conference was very different from what was reported in the world press. The positions actually taken by each of the three ministers throw a lot of light on the failure of the Western powers to develop a new approach to the struggle with Communism over Europe...
...Paul Delaney of Nahant, aged 5 ½½months, set a record at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary by becoming its youngest patient to wear glasses. He has already had operations to remove cataracts which were present in both eyes at birth, is now expected to develop "workable vision...
...officer of the Royal Order of the Lion. To Drs. Jacobs and Heidelberger went $2,000 each and the Order of Leopold II; to Dr. Brown's estate, his posthumous $4,000; and to that of Britain's late Dr. H. W. Thomas, who helped to develop atoxyl, $2,000. Despite the passage of years, no better drug than tryparsamide has been found for the sleeping death...
...scientists-feel that commercial atomic power will always be "ten years away" unless some basic changes are made in U.S. policy. Under present law, only the Government can own uranium and plutonium. Since the Government's primary interest in atomic energy is military, it has done little to develop commercial uses. While there is a Government monopoly, private enterprise has no opportunity and no incentive to put its competitive genius to work to develop commercial power. Although President Eisenhower, the Atomic Energy Commission and businessmen all agree that the doors should now be opened to private enterprise, Congress...
Unlike great river-valley projects such as TVA and Bonneville. Niagara development does not involve flood control, irrigation or reclamation; the only big issue is whether private or public power is to develop Niagara's 1,500,000 potential kilowatts. The utilities insist that they can build a hydroplant for millions less than the Government or the state, and without dipping into federal funds. Their rates would probably be slightly higher than those set by public power, but the difference would be repaid with $23 million a year in taxes, which public projects do not have...