Word: oversight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Connaught Laboratories there. He was assisted by C. H. Best, another young laboratory man, by Dr. J. B. Collip, of the University of Alberta, who has since discovered " gluckokinin," an insulin substitute derived from green vegetables (TIME, June 4), and he especially profited by the friendly oversight and advice of Dr. J. J. R. McLeod, professor of physiology, who has also been mentioned for the Nobel Prize. To Dr. Banting, however, must always be given the lion's share of the credit for the idea and its development. In May, 1922, the work had proceeded far enough to be offered...
...Money Crusade. In the Middle Ages knights in armor went on crusades to recover to Christianity the holy places in Jerusalem. Today the British, having at last put Jerusalem under Christian oversight, are appealing to all Christians to be knights of the open purse, and give liberally toward the preservation of the holy places for which the older crusaders fought. The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has, since the year 328 A. D., kept intact many of the sacred buildings and sites of Palestine. Most of the income of this little patriarchate came from Russia. This support is now almost...
...representative. Agitation for such a Department is not new, and the American Federation of Arts and the American Association of Art Directors have recorded themselves in its favor. President Harding is said to be willing to consider the plan. The Department's duties, under the bill, would include oversight of the National Gallery of Art, including the Freer Gallery; close cooperation with the Commission of Fine Arts- the group of eminent artists who serve without compensation to advise and judge on construction of public buildings, monuments and other art matters; cultivation of international relations in the arts, and fostering...
Fortunately, this oversight was soon corrected by the advice to sell securities, again accompanied by the mystic chart of many colors, and of profound scientific import to those who understand it. Yet this latter comment, issued during falling prices, is scarcely prophecy...
...mechanics, engineers and firemen, laborers and janitors. The Bursar assigned the seats in Sanders Theatre for the Commencement exercises, directed the preparation of the stage and was ready each Commencement morning at Massachusetts Hall with a duplicate list giving the order of the Commencement procession in case by any oversight the original list should be mislaid by the officer whose duty it was to form the procession. In conjunction with the Auditor, the Bursar determined three times in each year the price of board at Memorial. Besides assigning the dormitory rooms he rented stores, dwellings, and other University property...