Word: researchers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...editors decided to do a cover story on the fight against cancer, they were confronted with any number of first-rate men and institutions from which to select their cover subject. Manhattan's Memorial Hospital was chosen because it offered a complete cross-section of modern cancer research, and its director, Dr. Cornelius P. Rhoads, was a leading symbol of this effort...
changing field. To this end, he virtually joined the staff of Memorial Hospital and its associated research laboratory, the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. TIME Researcher Leona Farmer went with...
Memorial plans to distribute the reprints widely throughout the U.S. to state cancer centers, medical schools and libraries, physicians and surgeons and, especially, to laymen who are interested in cancer research. Regarding its emphasis on this last group, a spokesman for the hospital said: "TIME'S story was well done, and it tells the story of cancer effectively and in language the layman can understand. We think that as many laymen as possible ought to read...
...annual invasion of summer mosquitoes, sub-zero winter temperatures and a chronic shortage of money. Nevertheless, with Founder Bunnell pushing determinedly ahead, the university has grown until it now has 698 part-and full-time students and a 42-man faculty. It has become a center for Arctic research, a training ground for mining engineers, a clearinghouse of information for farmers and prospectors...
...dedicate the first building of their new Medical Research Foundation, Oklahomans wanted a big name. They picked Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, and sat back to wait for an answer to their invitation through diplomatic channels. After ten days, General Manager Hugh Payne got tired of waiting, picked up his telephone and called Fleming in London; it took four minutes (and cost $8) to get Sir Alexander's acceptance...