Word: expert
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...vernal equinox has passed. Soon the graceful languor which invariably overtakes Cambridge this time of year will be attributed once again to a subtle combination of Spring and hour exams. But the real reason for that feeling of being "unaccountably pooped," says Dr. John T. Middleton, a leading expert on air pollution, is a common air pollutant known as nitric oxide...
...GROUP. Under the expert tutelage of Director Sidney Lumet, eight captivating young actresses rediscover the Roosevelt era in an irresistible drama based on Mary McCarthy's bitchy, college-bred bestseller about what happened to Vassar's class of '33 after commencement day. Joan Hackett, Jessica Walter, Shirley Knight and Joanna Pettet are the most active alumnae...
...murders in the U.S. rose by 6% over the year before, forcible rape by 7%, robbery by 5% and aggravated assault by 3%. Crime of all types increased by 8% in U.S. suburbs. Perhaps the most revealing figure came from William F. Owens, an American Bankers Association insurance expert, who estimated that 850 bank holdups were staged last year v. 609 in 1932, the heisty heyday of the John Dillinger breed of gunman. Most bank jobs today, said Owens, are pulled by amateurs, who figure the bank is the place to go-with a gun-when they need cash...
...Lord Nelson's 134-ft. monument in the heart of Dublin. As W. B. Yeats predicted in his poem Easter, 1916, "All changed, changed utterly." Lord Nelson lay in a pile of rubble on O'Connell Street. Said the Dublin police, scarcely concealing their admiration: "An absolutely expert...
...Failure at Questions. The whole thing started in 1957 when Mrs. Surowitz sought an expert to hatch her little nest egg. Proudly, she turned to her son-in-law, Irving Brilliant, a Phi Beta Kappa, Columbia-trained economist and a Harvard Law School graduate. Brilliant recommended Hilton; so doggedly did he handle Mrs. Surowitz's cash and some of his own that by 1960 their combined Hilton investment totaled $45,000 in common stock, plus a $10,000 debenture. Then, in 1962, Mrs. Surowitz received a curious letter from Hilton: the company was offering to buy 300,000 shares...