Word: elderly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Anne Carlsen was born in Grantsburg, Wis., she had only stubs of arms ending above the elbow, her right leg ended above the knee, and the left was malformed, ending in a clubfoot. Left motherless at four, Anne got tireless encouragement from her father, an elder sister and four brothers. On a coaster wagon she learned to take part in a modified version of baseball. At eight she was pronounced ready for school, but only after a psychologist had gone over her and solemnly pronounced her "educable." Anne raced through two grades a year...
Recently appointed the second Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor of English, Wilson will base his undergraduate course on his nearly completed book, which surveys writings of the Civil War period. He will deal with the works of authors from Harriet Beecher Stowe to the elder Oliver Wendell Holmes...
...greying elder statesman of Arab oil diplomacy, Tariki is not satisfied with the 50-50 split in oil royalties and says: "It is only a matter of time before we get the same 60-40 split that the Venezuelans announced in December." When Western oilmen remind him that their contracts run into the next century, Tariki replies: "Any concession between a government and a company is not worth a damn if it does not please the people...
...order to overcome the shortage of instructors, Elder proposed that colleges make a concerted effort to interest people in attending graduate school and in choosing education as a profession. In addition, he suggested the "revival of a first-rate M.A. degree" for those who cannot remain to complete their Ph.D...
Though these measures may help some-what, there is no final solution to the problem, Elder continued. We can only wait and hope that the supply of teachers will eventually catch up with the demand as the sharp rise in the birth rate levels out, he added...