Word: factualism
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...surveillance and revision by an appropriate body of the faculty do we think that the focus of the teaching can be kept on topics pertinent to the training of physicians. Only in this way, in turn, do we think that we can avoid undue cluttering of the curriculum with factual details. It is not our intent to belittle facts; the biological sciences unfortunately have not yet achieved broad generalizing concepts which reduce have not yet achieved broad generalizing concepts which reduce the need to know facts. We make this statement, however, in full awareness that it is not possible...
...Reduce the amount of factual information and memorizing pressed upon the students, and to allow more time for students to read, discuss and think in the atmosphere of a graduate school, rather than of a trade school...
...fabric of history is rent with unanswered questions and unresolved doubts, and for many men those tears and slashes prove far more intriguing than the whole factual cloth. From the disappearance of the Holy Grail to the attack on Pearl Harbor, many of history's great events have been marked by suspicions of connivance, corruption and conspiracy. Today, 34 months after the tragic event, a new web of doubt is being publicly spun around the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas...
...Except for a few minor factual slips (my poker really hasn't been that good for many years!), I thought that TIME'S cover story [July 22] was a very good one and gave an accurate resume of the airline picture. I was impressed by the amount of time and effort that I observed going into its preparation. While I trust that TIME will be able to hold to higher standards in the future, it was fun to be on your cover...
...Education Commissioner Harold Howe, who has spoken out sharply against de facto segregation in recent months, the survey represents the factual basis for an all-out Government attack on the racial imbalance of the nation's schools. Within the next few weeks, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare plans to organize a special section to investigate de facto segregation in Northern states. Legislation now before Congress would withdraw federal aid for a year from school districts failing to desegregate, and would provide $50 million in technical assistance to those that are actively correcting racial imbalance...