Word: drews
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...investigator of less repute had reported such heady stuff, the audience of hypercritical physicians would surely have scoffed. Indeed, many of them smiled tolerantly when Dr. Schroeder first drew attention to a puzzling association between the softness of the drinking water in an area and the frequency of hardened arteries among men who live there (TIME, May 2, 1960). However, the determined physiologist had already taken to the hills and found both an explanation and supporting evidence for his observations...
...about one-fourth the amount that private industry normally invests in capital improvements. One other result of the deflationary policy has been a jump in unemployment, which rose last month by 100,000, to 370,000. Reflecting some Britons' fears of depression-style mass layoffs, one cartoonist drew a portly Wilson in a wide-lapelled 1930 suit with a breadline in the background. At the same time, the Labor government's spending has expanded despite Wilson's promise of restraint. In September, public-housing starts topped private housing 18,000 to 14,900. By the second half...
...green paint over the windshield and top of the President's limousine. While Australian police hauled the men away, paint-spattered Secret Service Agent Lem Johns, who was unsure of what was happening, shouted to the President's driver, "Go...go...go...!" When the car drew up at Melbourne's Government House, the Johnsons emerged undaunted and undaubed (all the windows had been closed). "Well," cracked Lyndon, "we got a colorful reception...
Praise & Protest. The report, bannered in the press and seized upon by cartoonists, drew ardent praise and scandalized protests. Dr. Leslie Weatherhead, a past president of the Methodist Conference, found it "just right." The Rt. Rev. Ronald Williams, Anglican Bishop of Leicester, demurred: "Sexual intercourse outside marriage is wrong, and young people should be told this." This week the British Council of Churches must consider whether to accept the report as an official pronouncement, and the extremes of disagreement guaranteed a battle...
...this month's convention of the American Council on Education in New Orleans, Arrowsmith boldly laid his criticisms before 1,400 college trustees, presidents and deans. He accused them of selling out to "the research professoriate" through a "vacuum of leadership" and a "failure of nerve"-and drew warm applause...