Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...States and the Soviet Union to arrange a test ban of this nature and enforce it--not only here and in Russia, but in those countries on both sides of the Iron Curtain which will soon be developing nuclear weapons and wanting to test them. The danger, it would seem, lies in the possibility that if this compromise measure were adopted it would be that much harder to do away with nuclear testing altogether. It is to be hoped that Eisenhower's proposal will prove not only a much-needed first step, but a prologue to total stoppage of tests...
...these "Brave New Harvard" concepts seem to exist, among other members of the staff, at least, not as realistic alternatives, but as the grotesque projections of certain alarming trends in present-day admissions procedure: the tendency to equate preparation with ability, to rely too heavily on College Board scores and Predicted Rank Lists, and to ignore certain geographic and economic areas of American life. It is not sheer numbers which worries them, but who is applying and whether or not Harvard should take...
...Furthermore," he ventured, "since that 50 per cent of the people are still living at all, I would say that things seem to be coming along all right." In justifying the Socialist accusation that capitalism causes wars, Leland declared, "Some of our most magnificent history has come from wars...
...Bile pigment, which the immature liver cannot handle, may pile up in the blood and cause brain damage. Best way to treat it, Dr. Dennis said, is to replace 80% to 90% of the baby's blood in an exchange transfusion. A note of caution: sulfa drugs seem to increase the risk of cerebral palsy from bile pigment, should not be given to preemies...
...sense, Wall Street is now paying for the success of its campaign to recruit small stockholders. Once a stockholder has an account, the high-priced blue chips that he first bought may seem pretty stodgy beside the greater gains possible in more speculative companies. He knows that top growth companies such as Polaroid and Texas Instruments, which have increased several hundred percent in a few years, were once considered risky. Says Stock Exchange President G. Keith Funston: "We have no objection to people buying into small and little-known companies-provided they know what they are doing...