Word: basic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Uhler admitted that there might be a slight error in the last digit of one of his values but he had checked and rechecked to hold the possible error to a minimum. "Even a single false digit," said he, "in the published value of a basic constant can cause incalculable loss of time and energy...
...happiness and misery in the world today. These are our problems. We cannot evade them, and as our generation approaches maturity, they become more acute. We believe that a united American people in their day to day efforts to meet these problems will come to realize that the only basic solution will be reached in the construction of a Socialist society. Executive Committee of the Harvard Branch...
Said Mr. Jones: "I am not at all pessimistic. ... I am convinced from my contact with business all over the country that there are no real basic economic ills responsible for the present setback and that the worst part of the recession is in the minds of the people...
...Copey, and Whitehead. Recent educational trends have diverted emphasis from teaching for teaching's sake into channels of research; and although this shift has undoubtedly tended to produce more and better scholars, it has at the same time caused a dearth of "legendary" teachers. Granted that research is the basic element in the teacher's equipment, nevertheless it is wise to have one or two men in every department who will be regarded by students as orators, as a kind of teacher who drives home his knowledge by his technique...
...English Teachers, convened yesterday afternoon. Today it will conclude its group conferences, but next week it will merge in part into the small daily gatherings which will precede the plenary sessions of the second conference--that of the University Teachers Association. It is in these small meetings that the basic framework for much new educational theory is evolved--theories which will be carried into actual practice in the ensuing year throughout New England. Harvard is indeed fortunate to have such annual gatherings as these promulgating new ideas under its wings, thus giving the University a chance to bless lesser schools...