Word: specialize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...degree in electrical engineering at M.I.T.. the Cambridge school has almost wholly altered its character. That year M.I.T. spent something more than $2,000,000 at its specialty: turning out high-quality engineers. Last year, under Acting President Stratton-who took over when President Killian was named Special Assistant for Science and Technology to President Eisenhower-M.I.T. spent almost $21 million for operating costs, another $54 million on sponsored research projects. But more important than a ballooned budget are M.I.T.'s expanded objectives. The institute still trains some of the nation's best engineers, now also...
When the news spread that Scott had deserted his columnist's typewriter for the editor's desk, staffers were flabbergasted. His witty, five-a-week "Our Town" was the Suns best-read column; his special reports from around the world (Hiroshima, Israel, South Africa) had made him one of Canada's most honored newsmen. But for twelve years he had been away from the day-to-day run of the news, working at home or out of town. Cracked one staffer: "He's often been a professional sophomore-now he needs to become a senior...
...special emergency meeting yesterday, the Radcliffe Student Council voted to support the production of Wonderful Town for this year's Drumbeats and Song...
Although licensing restriction required that the papers be distributed free on the streets, a few New Yorkers insisted on paying for their copies, and the New York Times purchased $2.00 worth of the special edition for its city room. Only one passer-by refused to take a paper when it was pressed on him. "No thanks," he said, "I'm a subscriber...
Cars carrying eleven distributors and the special edition left Cambridge at 4:30 a.m. Saturday and returned some 20 hours later...