Word: equipment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When primitive man found himself confronting a savage beast, according to the great physiologist Walter B. Cannon (1871-1945), his hormone system poured out a flood of adrenaline to equip him equally well for "fight or flight." Now it is known that the hormone system is far more complex. Besides adrenaline, and perhaps more important, there are the hormones produced in the adrenal gland's cortex-hydrocortisone and closely related compounds. And a new study indicates that today's fighting man, far from flooding himself with such hormones in times of stress, actually finds subconscious ways to suppress...
...Citizen" which tried this approach. It never became as popular as the more rigorous Ec 1. Eventually it gained the reputation of being a gut of little substance that the self-respecting avoided. Gill argues that talking explicitly about controversy isn't always the best way to equip students to talk about political problems--"you can't just describe economics--you've got to get down to working those damn curves to understand the problems...
...three of the original 23 proposals were dropped. Two of them, involving tire-endurance, braking and weight-supporting standards, were suspended pending further research. The third-headrests to reduce whiplash neck injuries-was put off mainly because the industry cannot as yet produce enough to equip all cars. One major concession, provided for foreign manufacturers who do not follow the U.S. model-changeover routine, was to delay the effective date of the standards four months...
...heroic effort during which the Dean and his helpers campaigned tirelessly for months the funds, where assured and it is a pleasure to announce that contracts for the new construction have now been let. Meanwhile something more than $1 million is still required properly to equip the new areas. And in the not distant future $5 million will be required to raze the Huntington Building and erect on that site a new structure for teaching and research...
...said the high cost of two-platoon football was the reason the measure got broad backing. Teams are now forced to carry and equip more players than they would with limited substitution, he said...