Word: growth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...statement, the Aga Khan said that he will never regret his decision, after succeeding to his grandfather's title, to return to Harvard to his studies. He added that he was "particularly impressed by the recent growth of facilities for the study of Middle Eastern and Asian affairs...
...baccalaureate services that year, Lowell drew a distinction between the growth of knowledge and the growth of wisdom, urging the seniors to develop conscious patterns for their lives. The freshman year of the Class of '34 had drawn to a close...
...consciousness centered almost exclusively on Harvard, however, there was excitement. In addition to his ambitious plans for Tutorial and General Examinations, President Lowell sparked a vast building drive that centered around the Houses but extended all over the growing campus. Just as the College is entering a period of growth today--with its new theatre, visual arts center, Houses, health center, Non-Resident House, and science facilities--the early Thirties saw a flurry of dramatic construction...
...began to slowly increase contact of faculty member with student; the General Exams emphasized a carefully planned academic program of distribution and concentration; the House system helped to mold the "Old Harvard" into new patterns more suitable for the times; and the extensive building drive provided the room for growth...
Countered Prudential President Carrol M. Shanks (TIME, March 18, 1957) last week: "The traditional approach to a retirement program has become inadequate and must be supplemented by some new economic weapon that will allow a retiring citizen to share in the economic growth of the country, and at the same time have some chance of protection against any impact of inflation. The variable annuity is the most promising weapon yet developed...