Word: developed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thai bases. "But I couldn't strike a SAM site because it was near a harbor. We lost two planes as a result." The hottest, most heavily defended area, of course, is the 60 sq. mi. surrounding Hanoi; American pilots call it "the Barrel." "You just develop tunnel vision," says Captain Richard E. Guild, 27, "and simply go right in." Pilots have only 20 or 30 seconds to lay their bombs on target, and they cannot afford to think about anything else...
...board, teacher against administrator. The obvious answer is cooperation and a spirit of partnership. One approach is that of the Pittsburgh schools, where a teacher-dominated professional advisory commission consults with the superintendent on all matters relevant to the education of students. Pittsburgh teachers even get extra pay to develop new ideas on curriculums and texts. In Chicago, union representatives meet monthly with the school superintendent to discuss educational policy and sit on curriculum committees...
Depressing History. Cholestyramine's power to lower cholesterol levels was noted early, and Merck Sharp & Dohme tried to develop a medicinal form for this purpose. One trouble was that it smelled like decayed fish and tasted lit tle better. Merck settled for selling its product, trade-named Cuemid, as a rem edy for the intolerable itching that often goes with jaundice. Duke University's Dr. Robert L. Fuson wondered wheth er, with its flavor improved, cholestyramine might not be used to lower cholesterol. Mead Johnson Laboratories, famed for many-flavored Metrecal, had the same idea. They gave...
...danger lingers though that the board may develop a few more Captain Veres to play opposite his Billy Budd and that the marina-by-the-sanitary-canal may get no farther than the artist's sketch.Vinton W.Bacon isn't as mild-mannered as he looks. His iron hand tactics cleaned up Chicago sewer politics but now threaten to alienate the board whose support he needs...
...welfare of his countrymen. Then along came a crusty old nationalist named Mohammed Mossadegh, who as Premier nearly overthrew the Shah in 1953 and, in the process, woke him up. "Suddenly, I realized that we were not only standing still but losing ground," says the Shah. "We had to develop...