Word: answerable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Birth Pangs. In Hartford, Conn., D. A. McGann sent $5 to the police for a parking ticket with an explanatory note: "It was a girl. Delivery costs $5 more than anticipated," got an answer: "Congratulations, but no refund...
...could give the space-probing Xi$ a flashing running start, or fire a 9,500-lb. payload into a 300-mile orbit, or even substitute as a first-stage launching vehicle for the man-carrying Mercury capsule. Even beyond its military capabilities, the Valkyrie could well become the answer for commercial-transport operators, who already visualize Mach 3 passenger service in the future...
...statement that De Gaulle's "far-reaching declaration" promised "a just and peaceful solution for Algeria." Even Morocco's King Mohammed V and Tunisia's President Habib Bourguiba, long among the rebels' strongest supporters, were urging the F.L.N. to give De Gaulle "a constructive answer." Glumly, F.L.N. leaders faced the fact that the resolution condemning French policy in Algeria, which they had confidently expected the U.N. to pass this year, is now far from being a sure...
...principle behind the spelling machines being used at the Franklin School in Lexington. the teacher pronounces a spelling word, and the student writes a reply to it in a space provided in a small rectangular box. Then, by shifting a lever, he exposes the correct answer. He can thus compare his answer promptly with the correct one, and the immediate reinforcement that takes place is reputed to be extremely valuable in the learning process. The spelling machine also has the virtue of allowing children to work at their own rate of progress with material of the degree of difficulty most...
Films and other audio-visual aids are an improvement in teaching technique and a potential answer to the current shortage of teachers, Sauer commented...