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Word: devotee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The real danger in following the primary recommendation is that such an action would tend to make a dead end of the Civil Service. To deny highly trained and experienced career men the opportunity to make and defend policy decisions would be foolish. No man will devote his time and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Civil Service | 3/5/1957 | See Source »

Why should U.S. buyers travel to Paris for their designs? Not all of them do. But the plain fact is that Paris has a reservoir of skilled needleworkers and a tradition of craftsmanship that no other nation can match-a tradition established largely by the simple fact that no other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Dictator by Demand | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

At eighty-one, the kindly doctor, as energetic as ever, still cannot find time enough to devote to his music, philosophy, and theology; he must almost constantly tend his patients, working only for brief periods at his other manifold interests. With the close of the day at Lambarene, the film...

Author: By Will Snickson, | Title: Albert Schweitzer | 2/26/1957 | See Source »

John P. Coolidge '35, professor of Fine Arts, director of the Fogg Art Museum, and moderator of the panel, described the University's art studio facilities as "inadequate" for the student who wants to devote himself to painting during his college career.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Authorities Emphasize Rewards, Difficulties of Fine Arts Career | 2/8/1957 | See Source »

Learn to Control. The school grew out of the personal struggles of its 78-year-old founder-director, Emma Tunnicliff, who was born with a bone ailment that made it impossible for her to walk. An operation eventually cured her, but in her first joy at being able to run...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Chance at Normality | 1/28/1957 | See Source »

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