Word: agee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Neumann lived in an age of warlike science, but not all of his practical work was concerned with war. He made key contributions to the mathematics of giant computing machines, and although computers using his theories are essential for designing thermonuclear weapons, they also have such important peacetime functions as forecasting the weather and controlling the operation of oil refineries...
Nevertheless, the Ring cycle will continue to be a periodic, if not an annual, part of the Met's repertory. "After all," says Bing, "Wagner was one of the great geniuses of his age. So it does not matter whether I like...
...Back. The great-grandfather of most modern furniture is Britain's famed igth century "Morris" chair with its familiar adjustable back, named for William Morris, leader in the protest against the machine-made monstrosities of his day. But it was Frank Lloyd Wright who rang in the modern age by demanding at the turn of the century "the right use of our great substitute for tools-Machines...
...confuse the Lone Eagle with Sitting Bull, or with Jimmy Stewart, 47, the film's Lindbergh, the studio detailed Tab Hunter, 25 (who does not appear in Spirit), to tout the movie in high schools and colleges, and give a from-the-heart sell to the Missile-Age young who make up most of today's dwindling movie audience...
...establishment of a new center to study human health and safety problems created by the air age was announced yesterday. It will be known as the Harvard-Guggenheim Center for Aviation Health and Safety...