Word: generality
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Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has warned physicians not to order any radioactive diagnostic tests that can be delayed. At the Duke University Medical Center, Associate Professor of Radiology William Briner warns, "We are on a three-week countdown on the use of radioactive materials." Harvard University and the University of Washington in Seattle, which use the isotopes for bio-medical research, have curtailed some projects. Declares James Summers, a radiation safety officer at Manhattan's Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center: "If we can't get rid of the stuff, we're going to have to cut back...
...DIED. General Jacob L. Devers, 92, World War II combat commander who helped develop the U.S. Army's armored units; in Washington, D.C. A deft administrator and one of the best polo players in the military, "Jakie" was charged in 1941 with welding the ragtag tank, infantry and artillery units of the fledgling armored forces into an effective tool for modern, mechanized warfare. In 1943 Devers became European theater commander for U.S. forces under General Dwight D. Eisenhower; he later helped direct the Allies' North African and Italian campaigns and plan the Normandy invasion. In 1945 Devers succeeded...
Harvard owns stock in several of the companies on the protesters' "profits of doom" list, including General Electric, Exxon, Gulf Oil, Atlantic Richfield Oil, and Kerr-McGee
Harvard's first year was a calamitous one. Its first professor, Nathanial Eaton--who taught all 20 students by himself--was later convicted in General Court for "cruell and barbaros beating" of students. He tearfully repented, but the court recalled that he had beaten one student nearly to death and discharged...
Harvard was founded on Oct. 28, 1636, when the Boston General Court approved a motion to spend 400 pounds to found a college in the area. It was not a hot issue--the motion was the last item on a busy schedule that included prohibiting the sale of lace and awarding five pounds to a sailor who lost an eye while on a voyage to Block Island...