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Some attending that meeting urged caution. Gerald McWhorter, professor at Fisk, warned that few universities were adequately prepared to establish such courses or departments. McWhorter went on to propose a preliminary foundation-financed study of the problem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soc. Sci. 5: 'A Place for the Black Man at Harvard?' | 11/14/1968 | See Source »

...whole film is set in a world apart--a world of evil spirits, of voices in the air and tiny flashing lights. Burton and Richard McWhorter (the codirectors) should have tried--at the very least--to show how Faustus is gradually cut off from the other world--the world of his friends, of his servants and of God. But this other world fades away, and we are left with Richard Burton in the midst of hellions and sour pleasures. McWhorter and Burton should have set this off by showing more of the happy, normal life that presumably surrounds Faustus...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Dr. Faustus | 3/2/1968 | See Source »

Little Denise McWhorter was only a few minutes old, but Pediatrician Spencer Snow could see that she was in desperate trouble. She had trouble breathing, and she could not swallow; she seemed to be drowning in her own saliva. In an effort to ease the difficulty, Snow slid a tube down the baby's throat. It stopped short, and X rays confirmed the diagnosis: little Denise has a connecting passage between her esophagus and her windpipe, and the upper section of the esophagus ended before it reached her stomach. Further examination showed that there was no opening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Little Mouse | 7/20/1962 | See Source »

Vice-president Nixon's legislative assistant, Charles K. McWhorter, will speak twice at the University today, sponsored by the HYRC...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nixon Aide to Talk On Future of GOP | 2/24/1959 | See Source »

...first, but soon began dropping into his tiny office at headquarters to talk over their problems. He has helped to keep at least three police families from breaking up, and prompted a dozen police officers to join churches. In municipal court Hager sits next to Judge James McWhorter every morning so that he can prepare for follow-up work with defendants. Among the winos of Summers Street he is a symbol of hope and help, has managed to rehabilitate a dozen drunks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Pastoral Policeman | 4/28/1958 | See Source »

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