Word: jewett
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...five young scientists to get the Frank B. Jewett post-doctoral fellowship granted by Bell Telephone Laboratories for 1952-53. $1,500 also goes to the universities where the scientists do their research...
...graduate of Yale, Gerstenhaber did his graduate work at the University of Chicago and came here as a Jewett follow last fall...
William Thomson, James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic, called the present state of affairs "an impossible situation," with the outcome completely uncertain. He said that an Egyptian student here on a Fulbright Scholarship had told him that the new premier, Aly Maher Pasha, represented the aristocratic segment of the populace. The student added that Maher Pasha understood the British better than his predecessor, Mustapha Nahas Pasha of the popular Waflist party, and could deal with the foreigners more capably...
...went to college. Only stipulation in the will: that the money be used for some purpose that will bear its donor's name, Abram K. Wright. ¶The Winter Haven, Fla. High School faculty decided not to let their students appear on the same stage with students from Jewett (Negro) High School for a Junior Chamber of Commerce speech contest. Subject for the contestants: "I speak for Democracy...
There are other telescopes, almost as large, each in its own red brick building. Most, like the 61-inch lens, are used for taking pictures, seldom for direct viewing. The newest of these is the Jewett Memorial telescope, which was completed just after the war; its whole building revolves at the push of a button. With all this modern electric equipment around them, however, observers still freeze throughout the winter. Since the sensitive lenses cannot take quick temperature changes, and have to stay in the open all night for use, the buildings are never heated; students must supply themselves with...