Word: topically
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ninth grade, the first topic considered is the formation of the earth, and various concepts, like those of LaPlace and Jeans, are dealt with. While the subject is not exhausted, the general idea is left of a mass of gas contracting to form the solar system...
...Harvard Debate Council was busy in March, when it sponsored a mass meeting in the Union on the always engaging topic of prohibition. Five hundred students were present; only ten favored retaining the 18th Amendment...
...parents be ashamed of the process through which they received the children of whom they are so proud? The subject of sex is too important to be ignored by parents, schools and churches. Is it not far better to receive intelligent instruction on the topic? No information-or worse, unreliable information-can lead only to unhappiness and misfortune for myself and other teenagers...
...thousands more for teaching, lecturing, appearing on TV or writing books. Even after an academician dies, his privileges continue. His widow may get a pension and a lump sum of 75,000 rubles, his grandchildren may get extra allowances while in school. A British visitor noted that the chief topic of conversation among Soviet scientists, aside from their work, is the servant problem...
Both Abbey and Sallie would some day like to fill out their careers with acting roles in the movies or on television. But in the meantime, they plan to go on pushing Topic A with unfettered enthusiasm. Says Abbey demurely: "I like the idea of men. I dig men.'' Says Sallie of one of her current crushes: "He's cute as a button; he's one of those people you want to walk...