Word: maximize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...universities have not always lived up to that maxim. Under the influence of the Germans, who carried their pursuit of facts for their own sake to the last extreme, the laboratory began to overshadow the classroom, the specialist the student, and the idea that men must become well-rounded human beings before they become specialists was almost forgotten. In a later day, U.S. education fell into the anarchy of free electives, and scattered courses piecemeal before its students to be sampled as their taste or fancy dictated...
Boxing (Wed. 10 p.m., CBS). Heavyweight championship: Ezzard Charles v. Joey Maxim...
Bratton's victory was fresh evidence of the astonishing extent to which Negro fighters have succeeded in capturing today's world titles. Above the bantamweight class, reluctant Light-Heavyweight Joey Maxim, who has not defended his title in more than a year, is the only white man who holds a world championship...
...title fight was recognized in 47 states (New York excepted) by the National Boxing Association. *The champions: Heavyweight Ezzard Charles, Light-Heavyweight Maxim, Middleweight Robinson, Welterweight Bratton, Lightweight Ike Williams, Featherweight Sandy Saddler. South Africa's Vic Toweel, a white man, holds the bantamweight title, and Hawaii's Dada Marino the flyweight...
...clearly the No. I challenger for reluctant Joey Maxim's light-heavyweight title, Matthews gives credit where credit is due: "I was a stinking boxer until I met Jack Hurley...