Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...June 29 review of Samuel Eliot Morison's New Guinea and Marianas: it might well be subtitled, "How the Navy and Marines won the war without help from the Army and Air Corps." In particular, I bridle at the mention of the 2nd and 4th Divisions storming ashore [on Saipan], etc. No mention is made of the fact that the 27th Infantry Division was called in to bail the Marines out of the mess they got themselves into . . . because they didn't have the wherewithal to secure the beachhead. The 27th was a floating reserve...
John Scott, former Moscow correspondent and TIME Bureau Chief in Stockholm and Berlin, found students particularly interested in European politics, changes in the Kremlin and the future of Germany. As did the other speakers, he also ran into tough criticism of as well as praise for TIME'S reporting on these critical areas. Particular criticism came from those journalism students who upheld the "cult of suspended judgment" - trying to be objective without taking a stand on an issue. (Scott's answer: Merely reporting the facts is not enough. An understanding of the meaning behind the facts is necessary...
...Selection of any particular book should be made with an eye toward its usefulness in meeting the particular needs of a particular area...
...backed down. Excerpts: "Our two governments are in agreement in respect to entering into a mutual defense pact, negotiations for which are under way. We have likewise discussed collaboration along political, economic and defense lines, and our conversations have disclosed a wide area of agreement concerning these matters. In particular, we wish to emphasize our determination to work together for the realization ... of our common objective, namely a free, independent and unified Korea . . ." None of this formally committed Rhee to anything, but Robertson was said to have private assurances from Rhee in writing that he would...
...obtain the best results from laboratory research," said the U.S. Public Health Service, "there should be available a hospital to which patients suffering from a particular disease . . . could be admitted." That was in 1911, and it took a generation for PHS to get its plans to the blueprint stage. Last week in Bethesda, Md., the blueprint at length became reality; the spang-new Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health opened its door to patients...