Word: equal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hoped that by showing off U.S. servicemen in captivity they could prod the U.S. public into prodding the U.S. Government to pay a high soldiers' ransom. The ransom, openly demanded through spokesmen for the Russians: U.S. recognition-actual or implied-of Communist satellite East Germany as a diplomatic equal...
...greatest talent is his way of encouraging and enhancing his division without visibly running it. He tries to function as a catalyst rather than as organizer, encouraging scientists from different disciplines to take a lively interest in each other's fields. Caltech's Division of Biology is equal to any in the world, and it operates in an atmosphere of amiability spiced with high intellectual excitement. These are Beadle's personal qualities, and he makes them infectious...
...tests at three previous A.M.A. conventions, no less than 18% of doctors' electrocardiograms proved to be "definitely abnormal or borderline." An equal proportion of chest fluorograms showed definite or suspected abnormalities, including tuberculosis, cancer, or something wrong with the heart or great vessels. Dr. McArthur's prescriptions for fellow doctors: 1) more regular examinations ("An Annual P.E. for Every M.D."), 2) more relaxation, and 3) better organization of the work load, e.g., set aside one morning a week to see only one type of case...
...merchandisers, the key to bigger sales is a new pseudo science that analyzes the U.S. housewife's whims with equal parts of salesmanship, psychology, hypnotism and common sense. Its name: impulse buying. The idea is not new, but with the rise of self-service supermarkets, super drug and variety stores, there is a greater incentive than ever before to encourage shoppers to throw away their shopping lists and buy more than they ever intended...
Speaking from a paneled room of Rio's Catete Palace, with 20 hemisphere ambassadors present, Kubitschek praised the U.S. for its prompt aid in reconstructing war-ruined European economies. But, he said sadly, Washington did not show "equal interest in the serious problem of development in countries still with rudimentary economies." Thus, according to Kubitschek, Latin America found itself "in a more precarious and afflicted position than the nations devastated by war, and has become the most vulnerable point within the Western coalition." The President warned: "The Western cause will unavoidably suffer if in its own hemisphere no help...