Word: discussable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...graduate student in Biophysics, Daniel Steinberg '10, presents "The Public's Stake in New Medical Research" as the first aspect of the new atom explosion into the medical field. Donald N. Michael 16, graduate student in Social Relations, will discuss "The Public Reaction to Atomic Developments" in an analysis of the effect of the discoveries on the public mind...
...Faculty meetings [at Harvard] are a thing of the past. Two or three times a year a group get together to listen to instructions rather than to discuss measures . . . Many of the older men who were once outspoken liberals have withdrawn into their shells . . . Some have become bitter. Many have left or have been squeezed out. Some have had their appropriations from the university treasurer . . . reduced...
...weekend world that its authors discuss is bounded on the north by Hanover, N.H., on the west by Ithaca, N.Y. and on the south by Annapolis, Md. And even in this narrow province there are local differences. Harvard men, say the Dartmouth authors, try to act indifferent; a Williams man "always manages to look as though he has just been out for a stroll to see how the new colt is faring...
Bean, the main speaker for the evening, will discuss the long-range political implications of the recent election, with a side explanation of where his rival pollsters went off the track in predicting a Republican sweep this year...
There was a time when any Thanksgiving editorial worth a small drumstick had to discuss the pros and cons of President Roosevelt's New Deal Turkey Trot, and whether or not such a holiday shift was in the best interests of society. An early Thanksgiving, went the argument, was convenient for the Christmas Card and affiliated industries, but worked hardships on the farmer who fattened his fowl. If the editorial writer were sufficiently steamed up, he might lose all sight of mince-meat, hard sauce, and associated victuals in his chase after a good solution...