Word: rubberized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...integral part in the decision-making. A student subcommittee, for example, will never be independent of the full committee's judgement regardless of the merits of a decision, just as a full committee containing students will not be independent of the Faculty's vote (which would usually be rubber stamp if students did not participate...
Ford denies this--mostly. He can and does quickly cite Paul Doty's special committee on the future of General Education at Harvard, whose report three years ago surprised many people, and led to extended Faculty debate and alterations--unlike the usual Faculty rubber stamp of committee recommendations...
...first issue of the year? It was rubber. The Japanese had occupied Southeast Asia and Massachusetts lagged far behind the rest of the nation in her collection of scrap rubber. For Harvard, the humiliation was compounded--President Conant headed the national scrap rubber committee...
...acquisition of Lithium Corp. of America made Gulf Resources, in a single stroke, one of the world's largest producers of lithium, a superlight metal that, in various forms, is used in such disparate products as laundry bleach, synthetic rubber and swimming-pool disinfectant. Lithium Corp. also has a stake in a venture to extract potash and other minerals from Utah's Great Salt Lake. Bunker Hill, meanwhile, is one of the U.S.'s biggest producers of zinc, lead and silver. By acquiring it, Gulf Resources also strengthened its profit position, since Bunker Hill had earnings last...
...broke into the Bourse, ripped down quotation boards and built a fire inside the building. Others built barricades at the Place de la Bastille, a symbol dear to every revolutionary's heart. Getting tough, police fired tear gas, concussion grenades, slashed any head within range of their long, hard-rubber truncheons. In all, some 30 fierce battles erupted throughout Paris, and the city authorities sent out emergency calls for doctors to report to the Sorbonne medical school to treat hundreds of wounded rioters and police. All told, 130 policemen and 447 civilians were injured, 795 rioters were arrested. Fighting also...