Word: esotericism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There should be nothing esoteric in what one means by a General Education course. It seems to me that any such course has two major characteristics: (1) It is complete within itself, so far as it goes, rather than designed primarily as preparation for further courses in the subject. (2...
He has not had cause to regret it. At 39, he now heads a company that has captured 70% of the world market in the esoteric field of antenna testing equipment, last year raised its sales 38% to $3,100,000 and profits to $181,000. Scientific-Atlanta recently moved...
Schools with HUT programs have been able to enrich their program by providing more courses. Because these courses--for example, a game-theory course in a Newton junior high school--are frequently esoteric, they are best taught by college students with information about new fields fresh in their minds.
"The Poet at Second Base" is not so esoteric, but it is difficult to decide whether to take Dawson's far-fetched metaphor seriously.
Japanese Ichthyologist Motosaku Fujinaga was still a senior in Tokyo University when he decided on his life's work: a study of the life and loves of the 6-in., shrimplike creature known as the kuruma prawn. Dr. Fujinaga's selection was more than an exercise in esoteric...