Word: ion
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Recalling that Teddy Roosevelt sent warships to Tangier in 1904 to rescue a U.S. citizen named Ion Perdicaris (who had been kidnaped by a Moroccan bandit named Raisuli), La Moore quoted T.R.'s famed ultimatum to the Bey of Tangier: "Perdicaris alive-or Raisuli dead."*Lashing out at the State Department's Office of Far Eastern Affairs for its "notorious . . . pro-Communist sympathies," Scripps-Howard in another blast cried: "Writing polite little notes has produced no results. Action is needed. A U.S. naval blockade of [Chinese] ports would bring the Communists to terms...
Several projects, which American Research and Development supports, whose practical application seems less immediate are: a new process for making instruments for spectrochemistry, and detection of radio-activity, a device for demineralizing water by ion exchange, an adaption of high voltage generators to radiation therapy, and an application of the jet propulsion to house heating...
...Nicholas on Harvard again this week," replied the Seer with dis-Gresh-ion. "Even though they say that the Bruins have a line of Livingstone, we'll Paterno them back, and send them on the Rodewig Thompson to think about...
Within recent years a great deal of attend ion has been devoted to the shortcomings of secondary education in America. But the higher levels of instruction, college and above, have not received the same close scrutiny. Although several penetrating observations on the malfunctions of American colleges and universities have been released, they have been scattered and uncoordinated. Many questions are still unanswered. In the ultimate analysis, what is the purpose of a college education? Should college produce citizens or technicians or both? Since everyone cannot go to college, who should be admitted? Should there be a functional distinction between colleges...
...Social Relations major whose particular interest is juvenile delinquency will seek a post on the Cambridge School Committee in this November's elections, it was disclosed last week, when Robert I. Morris '44 officially throw his hat ion the ring and announced his candiddacy...