Word: benefits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...When the company was founded, I felt it was important to keep the number of people small--it's cheap, effective, and lets you focus on the major issues," Cabot says. "The great joy and benefit Harvard has is one account for one group of people around a table...
Large segments of the public also seem to be changing their attitude toward science. During the turbulent 1960s, the stress on "relevant" studies convinced many students that helping others now was more important than grueling research that might benefit mankind later, a decision no doubt reinforced by the fact that the social sciences are frequently not so intellectually taxing as scientific research. A similar attitude has led to attacks on such training grounds for young scientists as Glashow and Weinberg's alma mater, the Bronx High School of Science, which has been called "elitist" for insisting on tough admissions...
...baseball pilgrimmage to south Florida and a shot at the bigs. The Astros assigned him to their Sarasota single A team, (the minor leagues are arranged in three levels, with A the lowest and AAA the highest, just below the majors) where Brown had to join the club without benefit of a major league spring training camp...
...scheduled a University-wide fast November 15 in conjunction with OXFAM, an international relief agency. They are also planning a jazz benefit next month...
...rarely slept at home, preferring the laboratory. His first wife died grossly overweight; his second once said their marriage had been "no great love." The Hollywood picture of Edison as a dedicated battler for the good of humanity could hardly be more wrong. Much as his inventions did benefit humanity, Edison's object was to make money, as much as he could. His first patent was on a device for automatically and speedily recording votes in Congress and state legislatures; but because such a machine was seen as a threat to the filibuster, the legislators did not want...