Word: alarmism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week Jimmy Byrnes concluded that the answer was yes. His health was fine (a heart scare that led to his resignation as Secretary of State had proved a false alarm) and his election almost certain. His three opponents in the Democratic primary-the only election that counts-were scarcely serious competition for a man who had been Secretary of State, a Supreme Court Justice, and assistant President to Franklin D. Roosevelt...
Over the years, gentle Harry Carman, peering genially through his steel-rimmed glasses, helped revolutionize Columbia education. He was one of a small group of scholars who, after World War I, first sounded the alarm against the U.S. college curriculum. It was too much of a jumble, they said, a hodgepodge of overlapping courses, free electives and overspecialization. Its products were so one-sided that they could not even talk to each other...
...great new computers, cried Wiener with mingled alarm and triumph, are not mere mathematical tools. They are, he said, harbingers of a whole new science of communication and control, which he promptly named "cybernetics."* The newest machines, Wiener pointed out, already have an extraordinary resemblance to the human brain, both in structure and function. So far, they have no senses or "effectors" (arms and legs), but why shouldn't they have? There are all sorts of artificial eyes, ears and fingertips (thermometers, strain gauges, pressure indicators, photo-electric tubes) that may be hooked up to the machines. The machines...
...England Alarm...
...England alarm and teletype descriptions have so far failed to find Desseau. Police last night speculated that he might be suffering from amnesia, after hearing about the Tuesday morning incident in the Union...