Word: bushings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...omnipotent. Its practitioners build nuclear weapons powerful enough to pulverize much of the world; they put together space vehicles with which man can probe deep into the solar system and beyond. The time seems close when experimenters may actually create life in the laboratory. Small wonder, says Dr. Vannevar Bush, 75, honorary board chairman of M.I.T., that to the general public, scientists are "supermen" who "can do anything, given enough money...
Many people, says Bush, believe "that scientists can establish a complete set of facts and relations about the universe, all neatly proved, and that on this firm basis men can securely establish their personal philosophy, their religion, free from doubt or error...
...began to chant absurd political slogans. The tenor of the rally thus far had not been even slightly serious and the political chants were not introduced in a serious vein. If one shouts "War! War! War!" in the same tone that he shouts "Here we go 'round the Mulberry bush" the obvious implication is that he is not to be taken seriously...
...sounded, whistles shrieked, bells rang. Two cowboys appeared on the huge screen, firing six-guns, followed by a steer with a U.S. flag on one horn and the Lone Star on the other. Hofheinz sighed happily. "Nobody can ever see this," he said, "and still think that Houston is bush...
Elections are not easy in the Congo. To reach the 80% of the population, itinerant polling officers will have to haul the ballot boxes from hamlet to hamlet by pirogue and dugout canoe, or by land along elephant tracks, winding jungle paths and narrow bush trails. Moreover, the rebels have killed thousands of civil servants, producing a desperate shortage of trained administrators who could serve as polling officers...