Word: proof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fill 70% of its quota with first choice applicants. The remainder of the space would have to be filled with second and third choice applicants sent along from those not accepted by the first choice House. As is witnessed by several Houses today, this method is far from fool-proof in avoiding preponderance of students with similar backgrounds and interests from congregating in the same House...
...devices and lament the disappearance of the chalk-line test. At a recent civic meeting, a New Orleans official gave a demonstration in the hope of inspiring interest and confidence in the Drunk-O-Meter, a type that measures the alcoholic content of the breath. Placing some 70 proof cough syrup at a handy distance, he prepared to give a before-and-after exhibition. Unfortunately, either he or the machine was smashed and the meeting ended in a general state of disorder...
...very well to show that there is something in cigarette smoke that can cause lung cancer, but the proof of this (TIME, Nov. 30) still left a further question unanswered. Why do city dwellers seem to get more lung cancer than folk down on the farm with the same smoking or nonsmoking) habits? Could it be something...
...case in 10,000 that reacts badly to diphtheria vaccine. A verdict on the effectiveness of the Salk vaccine, for a single polio season, must await Dr. Francis' report a year from now. Dr. Salk has high hope that his vaccine will lead the way to lifelong immunity; proof of this will take more years...
After a searching two-year look at the economy, the Committee for Economic Development last week came to the conclusion that the U.S. is virtually depression-proof. "Changes since before the war in our financial, budgetary and psychological situation," said the committee's report from top businessmen, have all but done away with the dangers of an oldtime deflationary spiral. While there is no guarantee that there will be no more recessions, the changes do mean that what "might have turned out to be a severe depression would be a moderate recession and what might have been a moderate...