Word: wanted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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JOHNS HOPKINS. Dr. Thomas B. Turner, dean of the medical faculty: "I cannot candidly say that liberal arts in any sense outweigh science. We want both in our entering students: a background that is broad culturally and a preparation in basic science, specifically chemistry, biology and mathematics. The old unconcern for liberal arts has vanished. We want a man to be intellectually mature, and we recognize that he cannot attain that status taking nothing but science courses...
...fundamentally different: the mercurial Northcliffe had a sure instinct for mesmerizing the masses; King is an intellectual with good background (Winchester, Oxford), who had to acquire the tricks of peddling blood, bosoms and ballyhoo. Says he: "If I produced the sort of paper I really wanted to read, no one else would want...
...scribbled: "What a spot for an adventurous weekend!" Then she sent the copy off to a mimeographing and mailing service. Not until she was back from her trip did she see the finished copy that had gone out to some 400 newspapers and magazines, and then she did not want to believe what she saw. Read the final sentence: "What a spot for an adulterous weekend...
Encouraged by the news from the sales floors, automakers last week concentrated on stepping up production. Though Chrysler Corp. suffered a 14% drop in output because of labor troubles. General Motors scheduled a rise of 25%, Ford 21%. Not until dealers have all the cars they want, sometime in January, will automakers know whether the present spurt is temporary or the signal of a good year ahead. Only then will the industry know whether auto sales can avoid the sharp dip of last January, when the auto recession really...
First, though, many roadblocks must be cleared away. "Too many commuters," says Heineman, "use the train only when weather is bad, but drive their own cars to town when the weather is good. Well, if they want a $1,000,000 piece of equipment to be waiting at the station for them every day, they had better pay for it every day." The Heineman plan aims to turn the fair-weather riders into faithful, fulltime riders. To do it, the North Western more than doubled prices of one-way tickets for close-in riders, thus making it costly...