Word: basically
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Acheson sat down and pocketed his spectacles amid the chair scraping and applause of a rising ovation. Forensically, it was a brilliant performance: an advocate's skilled case for the defense. As the outline of a policy, one basic flaw weakened it: a negative attitude which accented the hazards instead of emphasizing the opportunities. There was little in it for Americans to rally to. The U.S.-unlike the defense-could not afford to rest...
Gradually, Columbia hit upon a solution: it divided its curriculum into three basic fields-the humanities and the social and natural sciences-and required freshmen and sophomores to explore all three. "A false 'specialization' that chooses to neglect even one of these fields," cried Harry Carman, "is like a three-legged stool with only two legs...
Manhattan Lawyer James V. Hayes, himself a onetime assistant U.S. Attorney General, put his finger on the basic trouble with the Government's antitrust policy. It was a "case-by-case approach," he said, following no thought-out long-range policy. It attempted to regulate the enormous U.S. economy of 1950 with a law drafted 60 years ago. "It may result," said Hayes, "in breakups of large enterprises even though it might be socially and economically advisable to maintain them as they...
Student engineers say that this radiation regulation is obsolete and grossly impractical. They say it may be impossible for a college station both to obey the rule and be heard. Sometime this spring student networks are to be given an FCC hearing to present this basic objection. In view of the impending hearing, the Commission's impatience to enforce its rules on WHRB seems even more surprising...
Although there is no way to determine what courses would be suggested before full departmental meetings, a survey of the chairmen of the various departments last night revealed that practically all basic courses would be recommended for inclusion of Radcliffe students...