Word: periodic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time of great social upheaval and rapid developments in science no profession with its roots in science and its goal to serve society can remain unaffected by the changes taking place about it. Medicine today is such a profession. There has perhaps been no period in its long history when the demands and expectations on Medicine have been so great. The demands arise from the rapid increase in the world's population, the increasing affluence of modern industrialized society with its ability to pay for better than minimal health standards and the expectation that Medicine can reduce suffering, conquer disease...
...patchwork. Last week, announcing the latest in a series of anti-inflation moves, the President rather ruefully told newsmen: "As we say down on the farm, 'maybe we ought to try to get by with some baling wire, patch things up,' to get by during this particular period, when there is such pressure on our economy...
...that the short seller has to deposit with the broker at least 70% of the cash value of the stock at the time of the deal, thus tying up his capital. Also, the seller has to pay to the lender any dividends issued on the stock during the period of the loan. If the stock value jumps, the broker can demand more cash, thus forcing the seller to rush for cover. Most important, any profits made on a short sale are taxed as straight income, not at the lower capital-gains rate...
...manpower shortage eased in January and February, as enlistments, which tend to rise in these months anyway, were further spurred by the memory of high quotas. Then came a long period in which the University first debated and then adopted Selective Service's plan to use scores on a mental aptitude test and class rankings as guidelines for deferment. Some students weren't happy with the decision -- SDS leafleted the draft exam and another group collected 1200 signatures on a petition protesting the use of class rank -- but Harvard officials cited an "institutional obligation," and complied with the government requests...
...draft but also the concept of national service. The extent of public discontent was revealed in early July when a Gallup Poll was released showing only 43 per cent of the American people thought the current draft system "fair" -- the lowest percentage ever registered during a war period. At the same time pollsters found that parents favored, 4 to 1, a plan calling on all 18-year-old men to serve the country in some capacity -- possibly non-military -- for two years...