Word: institutionalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The dusty, backlands Brazilian hamlet of Estaçäo de Santa Barbara was just a whistle stop on the Paulista Railroad until two foreigners arrived there in 1868. The foreigners were Colonel William H. Norris and his son Robert, unreconstructed U.S. rebels from Oglethorpe, Ga. Heartsick at the South...
The fact was that Joe's boys were unfit for normal school life. Despite tireless coaching at home, eight-year-old Larry had only a halting vocabulary of no words; 13-year-old Donald could barely dress himself. They were tragic "in-betweens," not quite eligible to enter even...
The VA is investigating alleged abuses of the veteran's educational program in colleges and training institutions. It is particularly interested in misleading advertising emphasizing subsistence benefits rather than training, and dummy veterans' supply business firms attempting to increase profits "to the institution or interested parties."
While, of course, there is no immediate solution that will completely satisfy both the student and the institution, at least two steps could be taken to case the problem.
Though born in America, Grosz has spent most of his 56 years in Germany. During his entire artistic career he has depicted and satirized many types of human folly; but he has always reserved his most savage and telling strokes for the institution of War. "A Piece of My World...