Word: devotee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The college will shun short-term specialization, emphasize principles that endure through technological changes. Oakland will offer degrees in only four fields: liberal arts, engineering, business, teaching. Every student will devote half his time to humanities, spend a full year studying the Far East, Middle East, Africa and Latin America...
For the next three years, Quincy devoted himself to his practice, his wife, and his studies. The Puritan Ethic did not permit idle time; Quincy's dairy is replete wtih statements such as, "I resolve, therefore, in future to be more circumspect--to hoard my moments with a more thrifty...
Rickenbacker's move, made "to devote a major share of time and energies to basic policy matters,'' marks a milestone in U.S. aviation. After his World War I service as the U.S.'s "ace of aces" (26 German aircraft), genial, jut-jawed Eddie Rickenbacker plumped hard...
William Y. Elliott, Director of the Summer School, will resign his post in order to devote more time to writing and research. He has served as Director for a record of ten years, during which the Summer School doubled its enrollment.
Dr. Berry pointed out that the prime concern of the new department will be preparing full-time teachers and investigators to meet the rapidly expanding need in this field. Students specializing in obstetrics and gynecology must devote a minimum of two years to general surgical training, three years to obstetrics...