Word: jacobsen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hunter G. Hannum, Germanic Languages and Literatures; Emanuel S. Hellman, Applied Science; John T. Hexner, Economics; Hugh F. Houston, Jr., English; Thomas W. Hoya, Government; William H. Jacobsen, Jr., Linguistics and Romance Languages; Samuel E. Karff, Social Relations; Hugh P. Kelly, Physics; Masaaki Kubo, Classics and Sanskrit; Stephen Kurzman, Philosophy; Henry J. Landau, Mathematics; Robert B. Layzer, History and Literature; Robert G. Livingston, History...
Every week TIME receives dozens of requests for permission to reprint articles or to quote from them. One of the most unusual came recently from Dr. Lenox D. Baker, of the Duke University School of Medicine. He wanted permission to reproduce the cover picture of Oilman Alfred Jacobsen, president of Amerada Petroleum Corp. (Dec. i). Dr. Baker also wanted permission to quote the cover caption in a paper on Marie-Strumpell arthritis that he was to deliver at a meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic
...Baker explained the enigmatic request: he wanted to make the point that digging for scientific evidence takes as much persistence as drilling for oil. Said he: "It might be said that Mr. Jacobsen found a 'passel' of oil. Likewise, the practitioner who is familiar with his field and is willing to search for details . . . will find a 'passel' of Marie-Strumpell arthritis...
Permission was given, and Dr. Baker used the analogy, along with a lantern slide of TIME'S cover picture of Oilman Jacobsen...
...Edward Almquist, the last boy in line, bent over to adjust his skis, heard a sound like "rumbling drums," glanced up, and saw the smoking, tumbling white front of an avalanche racing down upon them. He yelled, fled, fell. When he got up, the mountains were silent again. Keith Jacobsen and the second boy, Larry Schinke, had vanished. Survivor Almquist started the 4½ miles back to the pass. He broke one ski. But he plunged fearfully on, waded along the Snoqualmie River until he found a familiar landmark, then took off through the snow again. It was only...