Word: approach
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This colorful calendar of events is an approach that Smith, 56, first attempted with a book on Japan. To get the best possible photographs for his present work,* he mounted flimsy scaffolds in Moorish mosques, prowled the chill cellars of El Escorial, and nestled in the niches of the Prado. One of the most fascinating chapters of the book depicts the 800-year-long confrontation of Moor and Christian (see color pages), a conflict that forged the Spanish spirit, united a nation and changed Spain's art forever...
...Krishnamurti dispelled his other-wordly appearance with a pragmatic approach to "the new awareness." One doesn't have to become a monk, he argued. "All that is required is about two hours a day dedicated to complete consciousness, and you will be able to look at your boss with a new perspective." It is not a retreat from the real world which is necessary, but rather a new vitality...
Spirit of the Times. Anxious to sue under New Hampshire law, Mrs. Clark's lawyer requested a pretrial look at the "place of injury" doctrine. As a result, New Hampshire's approach to choice of law has been drastically revised. From now on, said State Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank R. Kenison, New Hampshire will defer to whichever state offers "the sounder rule...
...were skeptical when we first tried it," says Abilene City Traffic Engineer Russell Taylor. "I thought it might make the motorist speed up to get through the intersection, but it has worked exactly the opposite. The light takes the pressure off the driver during that critical moment of approach." As a result of the test, Abilene will spend $5,900 for three more signals from its home-town inventor, James L. R. Hines, a longtime safety engineer for the Shell Oil Co. Houston plans to in stall 73 of them. And Hines, who spent nine years developing the system...
...while it looked as if Boeing's medium-haul, three-jet 727, in service since 1964, might be grounded by Government edict. During a five-month period beginning in August 1965, there were four fatal 727 crashes, all of them during the final landing approach. But last week, reporting on one of the four disasters-an American Airlines 727 crash in Cincinnati that took 58 lives-the Civil Aeronautics Board blamed the accident on pilot error and cleared the aircraft altogether. The 727, said the CAB, has "no design deficiencies or unsatisfactory operating characteristics...