Word: frequenting
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...matter of fact, so much that is new has appeared in the magazine over the years that one frequent visitor to the library in our London Bureau is a lady from the Oxford English Dictionary. Her task is to verify that TIME was the first user of many of the new words going into the latest edition...
...Physicians attending a Manhattan seminar reported that lax personal hygiene, particularly in hospitals, has canceled many of the gains of modern medicine. According to Dr. Robert Elston of the American Public Health Association, many hospital staffers believe that antibiotics have made frequent hand washing unnecessary. But the A.P.H.A. reports that about 5% of all patients now incur infections during their hospital stays. Almost 40% of nurses, for example, were found to carry resistant strains of infection-producing bacteria. An unpublished study by the faculty of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons identified even worse offenders...
Suicide is the second most frequent cause of death among college students, accidents being first. There is no reliable data supporting the contention that the rate is increasing, Farnsworth said...
...money-losing national airline. Since 1950, the number of "flag" carriers has proliferated to the point that there are almost as many as there are countries in the U.N. At least one airline is sensibly going against the trend. Tiny Austrian Airlines, which is distinguished by excellent service and frequent deficits, is seeking a shelter under the broad wings of Swissair...
Clearance for Change. Browne, a former professor who built his reputation as a transportation expert at M.I.T., in effect invited the airlines to change their course, dropping unprofitable routes served by another carrier and cutting back on too-frequent flights. One major airline is planning to do just that. Using computers, it has analyzed its route structure and juggled schedules that were planned simply to top the competition. A number of the routes that the line flew during the piston-plane days will be picked up by smaller local carriers. Still other lines have indicated that they are willing...