Word: development
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week they went back to the same strand to develop the contact. Saint reported their progress by radio to the missionaries' wives at their base camp, Shell Mera. "Ah," he said with satisfaction, "here come some Aucas we haven't seen before. I'll call you back at 4 o'clock." But 4 o'clock brought silence...
...feel his leaving means the end of the University of Maryland. Rather it may be a second beginning. It may mean a pause in athletics which will give us time to develop more of the academic fundamentals for which the university exists." The Tatum era "was an era in which an inadequate stadium became ultra-adequate ... It was an era in which those academic programs common to other universities were called off at Maryland due to lack of student interest. It was an era in which our accreditation was partially threatened because of an overemphasis on athletic scholarships...
...doctors of medicine from all over the world will receive $3,500 fellowships, will spend a minimum of three years working either for a Ph.D. or a doctorate of medical science. The university will not encourage early specialization, but, says President Detlev Bronk, "as the students' interests develop, they will be led by their curiosity and urged by the faculty to spend not less than twelve months in study under leading scholars in two or three other universities anywhere in the world. We will defray the expenses...
...unexpected" change in governments in the U.S. could refer to more than the risk of a President's death in office. Contended Lawrence: "Whenever he says he doesn't intend to run again, the news will come as a shock . . . The 'unexpected' will then develop with intensity. American leadership will suddenly become uncertain and perhaps frustrated. [This] type of change would produce far more damage to world affairs in general and to the economic situation in the U.S. National policies toward business . . . would be left uncertain till a new President took office ten or twelve months...
...pneumonia, in Mineola, N.Y. Energetic, inquisitive Harvardman ('18) Damon learned to fly before he learned to drive a car, was an air cadet in World War I, put the famed P47 Thunderbolt into mass production in World War II. Air travelers are in debted to Damon for helping develop 1) the first all-sleeper transport plane, and 2) low-cost tourist travel on both domestic and international lines...