Word: brainlessness
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...20th Century even monsters are apt to use both Vitalis and Zip, grease themselves liberally with Mum or Dew, and consult a dentist twice a year. Capp is not fooled. At times, in fact, he seems to suspect that the world is peopled exclusively by bloated big businessmen, brainless editors, venal politicians, sadistic cops, cruel stepmothers and shambling, leaping legions of lesser knaves, oafs and fools...
What will guide the guided missile? Radio waves are dangerous. The enemy also has radios; he might suborn the brainless invader into a rightabout turn. "Homing" devices, attracted by some quality of the target, are dangerous if used prematurely. The missile, perhaps confused by the enemy, might "home" on a friendly city. The earth's magnetic field is a poor guide. It varies erratically, and a subtle enemy might bemuse the missile with false-face magnetism. What is needed for a really effective guided missile is a foolproof steering device that the enemy cannot influence...
...Crisler player has to have savvy: a brainless muscleman couldn't remember all Crisler's complex plays. Michigan's current squad is scholastically above the general student average at Ann Arbor. Crisler's system is built around nine basic delayed hits and the same number of "quick hits." But all 18 can be run from seven different formations: a single-wing (balanced), a single-wing (unbalanced), the five-one, the short punt, the "T," man-in-motion, and something he calls the "300." These, plus nine basic passing plays and some "Specials," bring the total...
...your Manners & Morals [TIME, March 24], you quote Mr. Lawrence Frank . . . as saying: "Pups, like babies, are helpless, demanding, and brainless, should be muzzled and fed frequently." Mr. Frank said nuzzled...
...proper study of babies is puppies," said Lawrence K. Frank, father of six, director of Manhattan's Caroline Zachry Institute on Human Development, in the New York Times Magazine. Pups, like babies, are helpless, demanding, and brainless, should be nuzzled and fed frequently. Readers' conclusion: prospective parents should have a puppy first...