Word: training
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ripples on a pond, the shock waves of Tagliamento quivered outward in a broad circle. In Venice, the campanile of St. Mark's trembled and the lagoon waters suddenly roiled. In Pisa, the Leaning Tower vibrated-but held its precarious tilt. On the Venice-Vienna railroad line, a train suddenly derailed as the tracks weaved out from under it. Shakes and masonry cracks were reported as far away as Frankfurt, Munich and the French town of Nancy...
Died. Sir Carol Reed, 69, famed British film director who excelled in portraying the loner (Odd Man Out, 1946; The Man Between, 1953) and in melodramas of suspense (Night Train to Munich, 1940); of a heart attack; in London. At 29, Reed won the praise of Critic-Author Graham Greene, with whom he was to collaborate on some of his best and most atmospheric films, notably The Fallen Idol (1948) and The Third Man (1949), starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotton. Sir Carol's first musical, Oliver!, though not a favorite with critics, won an Oscar as the best...
...summer of 1975, the Harvard Center for Educational Development and Health concluded an $80,000 agreement with the Free University of Iran to train Iranian health professionals in teaching methods...
Gordon, however, said the Iranian government turned to Harvard "because we're a University, and not a consulting firm, so at least we're the appropriate unit to train people to do things themselves...
Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train at 4 and 7:05; and Murder (also A.H.) at 5;50 and 9:15 (Wed-Sat); (Sun-Tues) Touch of Evil at 4 and 7:45, and The Third...