Word: actualizations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Germany during the middle dle twenties, Leontief studied what he considered one of the greatest problems in economics, that of relating abstract theory to actual fact. "Too often," he explained, "one group of people makes the theories while another assembles the facts." His early work was done in "partial theory," by which the market is dissected and sections of it studied. Such problems as the market effect of a change in the price of copper, or an increase in the supply of meat, were tackled by him and his co-workers during these years...
...Project's work is not to construct actual tables. The cost of collecting the extremely large amount of data is beyond the scope of so small a group. The 25 Faculty members in the project conduct basic research, investigating different facets of Leontief's model. Among the studies now in progress is one on technological change and the methods through which new techniques are diffused through industry--this is coordinated with Leontief's work on a dynamic model. Application of the table to regional problems is being perfected; while various sectors of the economy--particularly household consumption and natural resources...
...that matter, to get out." The listing on Novelist Truman Capote says that he has "a foliage of blond and somehow defensive bangs." Marie ("The Body") McDonald is described as "one of the most remarkable wives in the country-she has had seven marriages but only three actual husbands." The entry on Charles Van Doren was hastily updated to include a reference to his October shame: "Suspended by NBC . . . pending the outcome of the congressional investigation of rigged quiz programs...
...based space. Children have to have something they can understand. Outer space is too futuresque for them." To duplicate the thrill of a rocket launching, Louis Marx & Co., world's largest toymaker, is offering a Cape Canaveral Missile Base set (list price: $7.98), with a phonograph record of actual launching countdowns. Ideal's Electronic Fighter Jet (list price: $19.95) simulates a jet cockpit, with "radar" and shooting rockets...
Like this analysis, "reigning and radical existentialism" is an "invitation to construction," for the existentialist not only ignores the "transcendent dimension," but also"performs the more amazing feat of ignoring the actual historical dimension of self...