Word: automaticism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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So far, neither the Army (with Nike-Zeus) nor the Air Force (with its Wizard anti-missile project) has yet drawn complete plans or even formulated solid concepts for countering ballistic missiles. Far more demanding than the anti-missile itself is development of the fully integrated and highly automatic system...
Last week Newsman Reddick, 43, almost covered his last story. Tipped off at 2 a.m. that an auto had exploded after plowing into a fish shack on the Coast Highway, Reddick was shooting flashbulb pictures of the wreckage when he heard a man's voice screaming: "Don't...
President Alfred Hayes of the New York Federal Reserve Bank was a little more helpful. He hinted broadly that "other actions are on the fire." Two days later it became apparent what some of those actions are. The Fed, which has kept heavy pressure on member banks, eased the pressure...
Not even dolls have escaped the mechanical trend: F.A.O. Schwarz will attach a remote-control unit ($85) to any doll, allowing it to walk in any direction. But the most popular dolls are expected to be Ideal's modernized Shirley Temple doll ($12.50), which nostalgic young mothers will have...
The success of the Regional Studies Program at the graduate level elicits an almost automatic question: Why shouldn't undergraduates be allowed to concentrate in Regional Studies? Many of the people most able to benefit from such a program, those who are entering public service, business, and journalism, often do...