Word: expertness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...city charter would be out of his mind to run for mayor," I conclude that Mayor Sam 1) has never read beyond the second paragraph of the city charter, or 2) is out of his mind. Considering his meaningless bickering with the City Council; his uncalled for, pseudo expert opinions on Viet Nam; and his strange proclivity for the word "plot," I incline toward the second possibility...
...campus, most protest groups have been less noisy than they were last spring, and vacations are not entirely responsible. "This is not the wild and woolly teach-in atmosphere of last year," said French-born Southeast Asia Expert Bernard Fall, a levelheaded critic of Administration policy, after a discussion on Viet Nam at the University of Illinois last week. "There is far less 'Let's clean up the Chinese' on one hand and 'Let's get the hell out' on the other...
...Major Barbara, "and do as little as I can so's to leave arf the job for me fellow workers." Forty years ago, Dean Inge of St. Paul's had begun to doubt "whether nature intended the Englishman to be a moneymaking animal." Recently, an American efficiency expert took a look at the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and wryly reported that the British work force "takes a substantial part of its wages not in money but in leisure, most particularly in the leisure that is taken at the place of employment." Prime Minister Harold Wilson noted...
Widespread Confusion. Last week, as teams of expert observers toured the U.S. and regional offices filed their reports, Social Security Commissioner Robert M. Ball announced that "forecasts of a rush to hospitals by people 65 and over have not materialized." Admissions have risen only about 3%, and occupancy is generally below capacity. Of the nation's 8,200 hospitals, 6,600 have been approved to participate in Medicare; the institutions already accepted contain 96% of the general hospital beds in the U.S. As for general administration, 700,000 "start of care" notices were received in the first six weeks...
...rabbi before coming to the U.S. in 1958. In Ireland, some British Jews recall, his advice on moral issues amounted to "the rabbi says you mustn't"; in the U.S., however, he is counted among the modern Orthodox leaders who seek to accommodate Halacha to contemporary issues. An expert on medical ethics, he frowns on contraception, points to the low birth rate among Jews, and fears that Judaism may some day vanish entirely. He and his wife have six children...