Word: levelation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that many people do not respond to the vaccine is wrong, Dr. Salk reported on the basis of elaborate studies; such people are few. This knocks out the usual excuse for the commercial vaccine's failures. So the mass-produced vaccine must be beefed up to the potency level of his laboratory brand. But Dr. Salk also conceded defects in the design of the vaccine itself. It contains three strains of polio virus for the three broad types that can independently cause disease- Mahoney for Type I, MEF-1 for Type II. and Saukett for Type III. About...
...each went to the backers of the whole deal (Mirisch Co.), to the distributor (United Artists), and to Mahin-Rackin. Said Wheeler-Dealer Marty Rackin as Horse Soldiers was being readied for release: "Hollywood's gone crazy. It'll have to find its level again when all this dies down...
...reason the merger ardor may be cooling slightly is simply that business is getting better. Late in December rail car-loadings hit 431,938 cars, topped the year-ago level for the first time in 16 months, although the corresponding week a year ago was particularly depressed by bad weather. Fortnight ago, loadings climbed to 467,699 cars, lagged only 1% below the same week in 1958. Railmen think the year-to-year gap has now been closed, expect carloadings to keep climbing above those of 1958 as the tempo of U.S. business picks...
Died. Giuseppe Bottai, 63, high-level factotum for Il Duce's regime, early Fascist organizer; after long illness; in Rome. Bottai commanded 8,000 blackshirted militia in the 1922 march on Rome that seized power from the king. For his friend Benito, he was Minister of National Education. Governor of Rome, Civil Governor of Addis Ababa, Minister of Corporations. When things looked black in 1943, Bottai discreetly disappeared, later turned up in the French Foreign Legion...
Among the educator's recommendations was to deemphasize class rank as an important factor in college admission, so that bright students would not elect easy courses for high grades. For "highly-gifted" students, Conant suggested special work, a tutor, and college-level work as seniors. He recommended a tuition-free summer school operated by all school boards for ambitious students as well as deficient pupils...