Word: teaches
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...contributes the bulk (i.e., two articles) of the issue. His first, "An Indian serenade," is written in such a self-conscious style that it is painful reading. His second, "Of Streetlamps and Fire Hydrants," is light and clever. It should be some time before the older poonies can teach him how to force humor...
...schools have made no effort to teach children about the role of the Negro in America, and Negro History Week tends to be a sham...
Having told their people for so long of the impossibility of accepting defeat, the Arab leaders will have to teach them to accept the inevitable postwar concessions if they hope to survive negotiations. And negotiations must come, no matter how long the Arabs drag their feet. King Hussein runs a very real danger to his own person and throne for his efforts, but in the long run he is bound to help the Arab cause by raising a voice of comparative reason and moderation at a time when Arabia needs it more than ever before...
Meanwhile, major airlines are trying to teach employees to care almost as much about possessions as the passenger. But as most baggage people agree, the training should also extend to the passenger himself. There is little that the airlines can do except suffer and scramble for the last-minute plane changer and under-the-wire in-checker. Their advice to the sentimental fellow who keeps all his old tags to show off that well-traveled look: to prevent confusion, keep it clean...
After earning his degree, Asimov did research on the nucleic acids, then was invited to teach biochemistry at Boston University Medical School. "I had never had a course in biochemistry in my life," he recalls, "but I was a pretty good chemist and figured that the bio wouldn't be too difficult to pick up." His immodesty was more than justified. Before long, he had co-authored Biochemistry and Human Metabolism, a book that is still a well-regarded text on the subject...