Word: standardized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Foster Dulles did not think that the Soviet leaders had "got religion or been converted." He realizes that they have changed their tactics, not their purposes; he believes they have been forced to change in the face of the U.S. and Western "policy of strength and firmness and the standard of moral principles." He explained simply: "In every one of our well-ordered communities, there are a lot of people who don't believe in their hearts in the rules and the laws that are there, but they find it more convenient to conform . . . And it may possibly...
...that has long been lacking. With hoarded francs or those repatriated from the uncertainty of Indo-China, they furiously bought stocks, driving the market to dizzy heights. Stock-exchange volume doubled in 1954, added still another 50% this year, soared with every scrap of good news. Powered by Esso Standard's oilfield discovery at Parentis-en-Born near Bordeaux (which nearly doubled France's domestic oil production), Esso stock went up from 7,000 to 90,000 francs in less than a year. Other shares rode along, though many paid only 2% in dividends and some as little...
...Tests Work. On the face of it, nothing could be more thorough than the inactivation and testing procedures worked out by Dr. Jonas E. Salk and adopted as standard by the Public Health Service. To "kill" or (more precisely) inactivate the virus, a formaldehyde solution is added to it. Typically, one cubic centimeter of this is enough to kill the virus in 4,000 cc. of culture. After about , three days only one particle out of 10 million will be left active. In an effort to eliminate even this last particle, the process is continued for as long...
...midst of a major opera boom. Last season, 444 groups- in 45 states gave some 2,400 operatic performances. Two-thirds of them were standard repertory, from the Marriage of Figaro to Madame Butterfly. The rest were contemporary. In the last two seasons, 115 different contemporary operas were performed, 91 of them by Americans...
Look, No Feet! In Milwaukee, Arthur Cole. 30, having failed all standard police sobriety tests, was acquitted of a drunken driving charge after he suddenly upended himself, walked steadily on his hands across the courtroom...