Word: aimed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hairline calculations were made to aim the Pioneer for the moon's vicinity, in the hope that its instruments could measure and even get a dim picture of the mysteries that have nagged men's minds for centuries. But its trajectory was off; Pioneer missed the moon and headed back to a fiery death in the earth's atmosphere. Still, the unprecedented shot was a historic success, especially because Pioneer's instruments flashed reams of new knowledge of outer space. Britain's top scientists called it "an amazing feat," "a most tremendous achievement." Paris...
Once the electrons have been accelerated or "ponderated," the aim is to direct a beam into the experimental area where measurements can be made of the unusual properties and inter-actions. One method already devised is to place a target in the part of the electron beam; this will transform the electrons into X-rays of very high energy. Because they are uncharged, these rays will not be deflected by the magnetic field of the accelerator and will continue on a straight tangential line into the experimental area. Physicists would also like to be able to deflect a beam...
...States today, the evaluation of performance is based almost exclusively on publication." Result: a neglect of what teachers are hired for-teaching-and "a great deal of foolish and unnecessary research . . . undertaken by men who bring to their investigations neither talent nor interest." The ambitious academician's sole aim is to accumulate published titles, as a young actor squirrels away television credits. Title-squirreling pays off: "Success is likely to come to the man who has learned to neglect his assigned duties" in favor of his "private professional interests...
...life of feeling-love, death and the infinite sea changes of nature. Age has only slightly mellowed Cummings, has not at all curbed his typographical pretzel bending-which can now be recognized for the attention-holding device it is. Fresh, singular, vivid and intense, Cummings' verses recall the aim he once set for himself as a poet: "I can express it in 15 words, by quoting The Eternal Question and Immortal Answer of Burlesk, viz., 'Would you hit a woman with a child?-No, I'd hit her with a brick.'" Cummings is still hitting...
...technical subjects, and will derive the most return from highly integrated humanities and social sciences courses. Thus the general education program follows a nationally familiar pattern: freshman English, followed by courses each year in contemporary civilization, Great Books, History of Western Thought, or Practical Economics and Sociology. The aim of these courses, according to one dean, is "to develop conceptual sophistication...