Word: meads
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with parents any more; even young singles are encouraged to strike out on their own. Those who leave frequently lose contact with their parents because of distance or because they are too busy to bother with the old folks, and may even be embarrassed by them. Says Anthropologist Margaret Mead, 73, and a grandmother: "The modern family, in its present form, is not equipped to care for old persons...
...least half of all American workers are now employed by companies that have institutionalized this assumption by forcing their employees to retire at age 65, if not earlier. The effects of this involuntary idleness can be traumatic. "One day they have life, the next day nothing," says Margaret Mead of unwilling retirees. "One reason women live longer than men is that they can continue to do something they are used to doing, whereas men are abruptly cut off-whether they are admirals or shopkeepers...
...Skinner. Margaret Mead. Linus Pauling. Isaac Asimov. Paul Ehrlich. James Watson. What do these people have in common? All are scientists, and their names are more or less household words. They are also included in a group of some 40 scientists* studied by Dr. Rae Goodell, a postdoctoral fellow at M.I.T., for her doctoral thesis at Stanford University's department of communication. She picked them because they have an ability that is rare in the scientific community: to communicate effectively with the public and make headlines...
Scott Clemson was the first Crimson stickman to find the range as he scored a powerplay goal just before the first quarter gun. Harvard was able to match the Minutemen goal-for-goal in the second stanza, as Jim Quinn, Scott Mead and Bruce Bruckmann all blusted home tallies...
...teams traded goals until the final gun, with Harvard twice coming within two (10-8, 11-9) of the lead. Mackenzie and McCall added their fourth and second goals, respectively, while Bill Tennis and Scott Mead, the latter on a great individual effort as he circled the net and stuffed the ball past Penn's startled goalie, Mark Avart, closed out Harvard's scoring...