Word: spend
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Seymour Slive, professor of Fine Arts, said that the museum's plans for the use of the money remain indefinite since, "we don't usually spend four million dollars...
...deprivation is only partly the doctor's fault. For the very reason that medical knowledge is expanding in quantum leaps, a modern doctor must spend much more time simply keeping abreast of his profession, thus has less time for individual patients. Moreover, his new skills can best be employed not in the home, but in the office or hospital, where equipment is available. With growing affluence and insurance, more and more people can afford what he has to offer. Since the overall ratio of doctors to population has remained roughly the same-one doctor for 760 people-the result...
While doctors themselves are ready to admit that they can make mistakes, they generally react to criticism by pointing out that their patients 1) are getting just about the best medical care anywhere, and 2) are foolishly sentimental about the "old days." The U.S. will spend an estimated $44 billion on its medical care this year, and is currently spending over $1 billion in research. Its surgical skills and lab techniques are unsurpassed. As for complaints about the decline in home care, most doctors frankly think that the oldtime house call was largely a waste of time. They point...
Inverted Waves. Led by Dr. Lawrence E. Hinkle Jr., a team of Cornell University Medical College researchers persuaded volunteers to spend up to ten hours of the day wearing miniaturized tape recorders and with two electrodes taped to their chests. Played back at 60 times normal speed, their tape-recorded cardiograms were condensed into ten minutes, which made any abnormalities more apparent...
...spending plans are due to bullish business. The company has been so successful with its third-generation System/360 that there is now a two-year backlog in orders. IBM wants to speed up deliveries and thus make the 360 even more attractive to future customers; at the same time, the firm needs additional capital because most users take their computers on lease and IBM must write off the cost over a four-to six-year period. Because it intends to spend another $1.5 billion on new facilities and for computer manufacture this year, but is down to $665 million...