Word: types
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Kennedy explained, however, that the affair was just a simple case of administrative confusion. He said that back in November, when the Registrar's Office sends out forms to the various courses to determine what type of exams they will be giving, MacLeish had not yet decided whether he would give an open book exam...
Even outside metropolitan areas, most small-town weeklies, from the Reedsport, Ore. Port Umpqua Courier (circ. 1,620) to the Lexington Park (Md.) Enterprise (circ. 2,356), have thrown out the smudgy type and bumpkin prose that once characterized the weekly press, now run staff-written stories and editorials instead of the boilerplate and canned sermons that once crammed country papers. The old-time jack-of-all-trades country editor has been largely supplanted by trained staffs. Lured out of the cities by the prospect of editorial and economic independence, trained newsmen in increasing numbers are bringing professional standards...
Cleveland's Dr. Arthur C. Corcoran checked stroke victims' blood pressure, found that abnormally high pressure predisposes a person to strokes, especially of the hemorrhagic type. In such cases it would be dangerous to use anticoagulant drugs (because of the risk of further hemorrhage); the Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that they could lower the blood pressure with hypotensive drugs, arid later use anticoagulants safely to minimize the risk of subsequent strokes...
...flatly contradicted manufacturers' current claims of increasing gasoline economy, said that du Font's car fleet showed a "loss of fuel economy of over 10% in seven years." But for 1961 he predicted a turn to new, more economical fuel systems, e.g., dual four-barrel carburetors, aircraft-type pressure carburetors, fuel-injection systems...
...other misfortunes: Vested interests suffered when the Fly Club was threatened by the onslaught of commuters without an adequate center, and Councilman Velucci threatened to build an expressway through the Yard. The Faculty obstinately refused to allow students to type exams, and someone stole Mrs. Mrs. Brennans 30-pound...