Word: formalization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This was the news applauded by 5,000 members of the American Academy of General Practice last week when they gathered in Washington for their annual convention. From President Eisenhower, a man who has had his days with specialists, they got formal greetings and an unexpected pat on the back, relayed through Vice President Nixon: "Give them my regards, Dick. They're the backbone of the profession." From a succession of cardiologists, psychiatrists, gynecologists, urologists and other specialists, they got briefings on the latest in discoveries and techniques. From their newly installed president. Dr. John S. DeTar of Milan...
Jack Barry, who was fired as M.C. of NBC's $100,000 giveaway, The Big Surprise. He was indignant about the way he was fired, "by a formal note sent in the mail, a cold, old piece of paper...
...year schools, many prospective college students could obtain a higher education without overcrowding existing institutions. "There would be no inconsistency with our educational ideal if local two-year colleges were to enroll as many as a half of the boys and girls who wished to engage in formal studies beyond the high school," Conant has written. Research Lacking...
...individuals who seek careers in higher education must feel that some particular field of knowledge is important enough to commit their lives to it. Such attachment to one's field, Bundy said, is more essential in forming a good teacher than intellectual brilliance, successful handling of students, or long formal training in the field...
...annual Christmas dinner is another House tradition. Perkins lighted Lowell's Yule log this year and starred in a strictly for-men-only play. Last Saturday the House held a formal dinner-dance in honor of its silver anniversary. A new Yule log may be sitting in the fireplace waiting for another Christmas, but life in Lowell goes along unperturbed...