Word: focalize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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DISCOVERY '66 (ABC, ll:30-noon). The life led by a child on a communal farm in Israel is the focal point in "Discovery Goes to Israel...
...Senator conceded his liking and respect for Julius Klein, a Chicago-based lobbyist and public relations man whose clients include West German interests. Their relationship, focal point of the ethics committee's initial sessions, was recorded in a voluminous correspondence that Dodd had kept in unlocked files...
...desirable in cases where ordinary EEGs, made with electrodes placed on the scalp, fail to show clearly the side of the brain in which the misfiring is more pronounced. The deeply implanted electrodes, penetrating the temporal lobe to reach the hippocampus* or even part of the cerebellum, sometimes reveal focal areas of electrical misfiring that surface EEGs have missed entirely. If there is misfiring on only one side, it can usually be detected readily, and relieved by surgical removal of the proper piece of brain tissue. If there is misfiring on both sides, surgeons cannot cut out both offending pieces...
...complete the program, the first prerequisite would be the creation of the off-proposed Latin American Research Center. Such a center could probably be housed within the planned International Studies Building. The Institute, with a specialized, reference library, a common cafeteria, and several seminar rooms, could serve as a focal point for the various scholars in the field now scattered throughout the University. An intensive effort, perhaps with a publication series similar to that of the Russian Research Center, would serve to attract visiting professors from Latin America, experts on sabbatical, and graduate students and junior faculty members interested...
...extent to which the eight residential Houses are similar; they all have just about the same mix of scholastic ability, athletic prowess, social and geographical background, and political, literary, musical, or artistic commitment. Each has a Master, Senior Tutor, and staff who work hard to make their House of focal point for a wide varsity of intellectual and social activities. All participate, with intermittent success, in intramural athletics and have some representation on the varsity teams. All are overcrowded, and the frequency of complaints about the food is about the same everywhere; and although the rooms differ somewhat, there...