Word: answerable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Reading clockwise, and starting about nine o'clock, the show was staged in the lobby of the Hotel Touraine, and fashionably attended. There were of course dozens of salesmen and promoters eager to answer everyone's questions and there were some, like the young man above, who preferred to examine the equipment on their own. The binaural headsets went over big with the young married set, yet there were some, such as the Shavian gentlemen at about four o'clock, who found plain old stereo enough to keep them interested...
Since section men are expensive, and voluntary sections may be impractical in many courses, the student-lecturer exchanges could be handled politely and effectively through written or oral question-and-answer sessions held at the lecturer's discretion. Professor Tillich's courses are famous for these written student questions, answered from the lecture platform at the start of each class hour. In any event, means should be devised to inject student ideas into upper level courses...
...Sistine hapel. Reason: ballots are burned with damp straw-which makes black smoke-when votes are inconclusive, burned alone -which causes white smoke-after a Pope has been chosen. After the deciding vote, he Pope-elect is asked simply: "Acciptasne -lectionem? [Do you accept the election?]." His solemn answer: "Accepto...
...intend to hire strictly on the basis of merit, regardless of race; another 114 said they will hire on merit alone for some jobs. For the Deep South this represents progress. Said one industrialist: "No, I do not have an integrated plant. But check me in a year-the answer may be different then...
...crash. When consumer credit rose to a record $44.8 billion at the end of 1957, many an economist wondered uneasily whether history would repeat itself. Would credit, which had helped speed the postwar boom, bring on and accelerate an economic downturn? Now that the recession is waning, the answer is in. The credit structure not only surprised the experts but showed strengthening timbers that no one ever suspected...