Word: rural
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...American Doctor, from the dedicated G.P. of rural areas to the surgeon of the battlefield to the impersonal practitioner of computerized medicine. They keep on striving to build a better man-even as the same men tear each other down...
...used the country's oil revenues, its biggest source of income, to turn Caracas into one of South America's most spectacular cities and to refurbish himself as well. Action Democrdtica ousted Perez Jimenez in 1958 and put the oil money into schools, highways, health programs and rural electrification. Venezuela still has a $900 million reserve and the bolivar is the continent's strongest currency. Not surprisingly, Barrios' slogan was a simple "continuismo...
...same way, Susan Larson is something of a disappointment as Rose Maybud, a characteristically Gilbertain example of innocent rural lust. Her singing voice is pleasant enough, but she walks through her lines, apparently baffled by the splendid prop she carries, a book of etiquette. Of all the cast she might have benefited most from stage direction...
...public and private polling organizations in the United States today; and most of the reputable ones have similar methods for conducting their surveys. The Gallup poll uses 300 sample precincts throughout the nation. These are chosen at random with the stipulation that the number in cities, towns, and rural areas be proportionate to the percentage of the population living in such areas. A Gallup interviewer, usually a housewife working part-time, is assigned to each precinct and told to start at a specific, randomly selected household and move from house to house until she has five interviews...
...first thing to look at is geography," Peter K. Gunness '57, Director of the Financial Aid Office of Harvard College, said. He compared the mailing of applications with election returns, in which results come in last from the rural and Southern areas of the country. He said that the suburban and prep school students are counseled better than applicants from lower income groups so that the former would tend to send in applications earlier. He added that the growth of suburbia contributes to the rise in applications...