Word: supplemented
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...point to specific areas where he thought welfare-state spending might be trimmed back. He did say that a lot of money might be saved in national defense by eliminating "duplications" and by seeing to it that missiles and other new weapons systems "displace" older systems, not just "supplement" them. But when asked to name other good places to save money, the President lamely replied that he saw "no reason why we should spare any place, because I think every place we are spending too much money...
...Many departments are obviously interested in re-establishing the Geography Department," Gilmore continued. "Historical geography would supplement our studies; the Economics Department would like economic geography...
Edwin O. Reischauer, director of the Center for Far Eastern Studies, noted that "any of us interested in non-Western geography will be happy to see the Department instituted. It would supplement our courses and help students learn about parts of the world not normally covered in history courses...
...Biblical threescore years and ten, and beyond fourscore. What makes for a long life? What makes a long life livable? And useful? In this week's cover story on Nonagenarian Amos Alonzo Stagg, Medicine Editor Gilbert Cant reports on the medical progress that has prolonged human life. To supplement the story, TIME presents a gallery of U.S. elders, photographed by LIFE'S Alfred Eisenstaedt (who is only 59). "Eisie," who has probably photographed more famous people than any other photographer, carried his autograph book as usual, got a full-page poem from Robert Frost and a fine line...
Indeed, many of those responsible for the program feel that its best use is not merely to supplement work on a thesis or preparation for generals, but to foster projects which are intellectual ends in themselves. It is a fond hope that the English concentrator may become interested in the art of printing and study illuminated manuscripts, or that the Chemistry major steep himself in Civil War lore. Such "non-functional" ventures, springing from personal curiosity, offer the gratification of solitary scholarship, the satisfaction of a discipline stemming from self and subject alone...