Word: greek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cholesterol, the cornerstone of Dr. Keys's theory, is a mysterious yellowish, waxy substance, chemically a crystalline alcohol. Scientists assume that cholesterol (from the Greek chole, meaning bile, and stereos, meaning solid) is somehow necessary for the formation of brain cells, since it accounts for about 2% of the brain's total solid weight. They know it is the chief ingredient in gallstones. They suspect it plays a role in the production of adrenal hormones, and they believe it is essential to the transport of fats throughout the circulatory system. But they cannot fully explain the process...
...Greek Gods and Heroes, by Robert Graves. The only classicist who troubles himself to speak to the upper-middle intellectual class has disarmingly retold the Greek myths for young readers...
President Pusey, once a Professor of Classics at Wesleyan and a Greek and Ancient studies concentrator at Harvard, called the Center "something close to my heart, as a student of Greek culture...
...University-administered center for the study of the classical Greek tradition will soon be opened in Washington, D.C., President Pusey announced yesterday...
Pusey will chair a board of Senior Fellows appointed by the Trustees of Harvard University. The Fellows, who will include John H. Finley '25, Eliot Professor of Greek Literature and Master of Eliot House, are to devote part-time to directing the program and activities of the Center, and choosing the younger scholars for fellowships...