Word: merely
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Such a view, however, does not consider the non-academic factors of college education. A community of scholars is a worthy ideal for a university, but not necessarily for an undergraduate body. The four undergraduate years are supposed to provide a "liberal education," not a mere preview of professional, graduate scholasticism, and the notion of diversity lies at the basis of this goal of liberal education. With the press of applicants constantly growing, Harvard could easily fill its classes in a few years from the members of any relatively homogeneous group, whether such a group consist of those who come...
...psychiatrist but a general practitioner, Crete-born Dr. Bontzolakis. 51, divides abstractionists into two classes. By far the larger: the poseurs, attracted by snob appeal, laziness, money or mere lack of talent. These, he finds, are rarely neurotic. But about one-third of his patients are passionately sincere, and they have both emotional and physical symptoms...
...development of hybrid corn. It opened the eyes of farmers and scientists alike to the vast increase that could be made in food production. Following Mendelian genetic principles, Professor George Harrison Shull of the Carnegie Institution of Washington developed the first hybrid corn in 1908. This was more than mere crossing: by generations of inbreeding he got pure strains which when mated yielded an almost explosive yield increase given the name of "hybrid vigor." But Shull's work was commercially valueless; the seed was too expensive. Not till 1935, after further discoveries by U.S. Department of Agriculture Researcher Donald...
...secret, zealous concealment of satellite attempts (a field, incidentally, in which we do not seem to be able to give much succor to the Soviets) fosters an atmosphere inimical to the public knowledge needed to run a democracy. If the Armed Forces stop treating much of their experimentation as mere propaganda they might avoid both premature fanfares and damaging secrecy...
...also Director of Athletics there from 1946 to 1949, and head coach of four American Olympic swimming teams. Kiphuth's squads have a present streak of 181 consecutive dual meets, not having lost since the Army meet of 1945. In all, his teams have won 507 and lost a mere 12 dual contests...