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...they otherwise might be tempted into industry. M.I.T.. which stars in both pure and applied research (Dr. Bush developed the first electronic computers there in the 1930s), goes even farther: it feels a responsibility to pioneer techniques for industry. "We get a thing dry behind the ears and wean it." says M.I.T.'s Dean Brown. "Weaning means kicking it off the campus...
...felt that the Pope might be acknowledging the World Council's strength (171 Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox churches in 53 countries, with a combined membership of close to 350 million, compared to an estimated 496 million Roman Catholics). Martin Niemoeller, outspoken German pacifist, envisioned a papal effort "to wean away the Eastern Orthodox churches from the World Council. I do not think this will work. The council has more practical experience in modern inter-church cooperation than the Vatican. But perhaps the Orthodox churches could serve as a bridge, helping the Vatican to break through its traditional isolation...
...wicked" child into Smiths-and the loving arms of Big Sister Agatha, who has since restored the stunned, mute child to hesitant speech and a chance for recovery. So close have many other children become to their Big Sisters that the hospital's new problem is how to "wean" them from what Dr. O'Gorman calls "such completely undemanding affection...
...fitful attempts to wean the youngsters away from such influences, the New York City school system fights an uphill battle, succeeds to a fairly high degree. The city runs five "600" schools especially for the shook-up, but even these schools lack the necessary facilities for coping with the job alone. Many experts agree that these schools-as well as a new category, "700" schools for the worst troublemakers (TIME, Mar. 17)-are going to need more support from the tangled web of the city government's bewildered bureaucracy. Police and churches, too, come in for a share...
...their short skirts, artificial hair waves, powder and lipstick. During heavy rains she would read to the family the story of Noah and the flood, prophesied another flood to wash out women's sins. She made no secret of her favoritism for her younger son. Eddie Gein (rhymes with wean) became a mama's boy, hating other women as mother had willed. As he grew to manhood he never went out on dates...