Word: skill
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...from Books. Surgery on dogs was no less essential to the perfection of stomach and intestinal operations (see below). And a surgeon must learn his skill by work on dogs*: he could no more learn to open the human chest and remove a lung by reading a textbook than a Rubinstein could become a pianist without touching a keyboard. Millions of men & women now living would have died, or suffered immeasurably more, if insulin and penicillin had not been tested and retested on animals. With some drugs, each batch must be so tested before it can be sold...
Cambridge police renewed their investigation into the death of Jeremiah Brickman 2L, who died October 28 from a fractured skill and a sub-dural hemorrhage received October...
...army makes its positions for technically trained men more attractive, volunteers might provide all the skill the standing army needs. Of course, it might be necessary for the army to set up its own training program for doctors and other experts, sending them through college itself...
...After all," Carmichael states, "if we are merely interested in getting men into the forces, we may become begged down in infantry, thinking." And when it comes to infantry, Russia will always be ahead of us. We must depend on our skill...
Intangible skill must make the difference between the products of the various kitchens, between an interesting meal and a depressing one. All of the dining halls in the University average the same expense per diner, and one office does all of the food buying. The central kitchen must take a longer time getting foot from stove to mouth, but an elaborate steam-cart system partially compensates for this. The interhouse lists at Adams and Duster point to the tangible attractions: Adams' salads, Dunster's sandwiches. Cowie Hall is reputed to have fascinating fruit salads...