Word: buzzed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...always been dependent on new ideas for survival and growth, but never has he been more determined in his search for new ways of doing things than today. To spur "creativity," businessmen will try anything, from the venerable suggestion box to such freewheeling idea-association techniques as "group thinks," "buzz sessions," "imagineering," and the most popular device of all, the "brainstorm." Originator of the brainstorm* is Alex F. Osborn of Manhattan's Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, who defines it as a method in which groups of people "use their brains to storm a creative problem...
While solidly behind the objectives of brainstorming, many businessmen nevertheless see plenty of faults in the plan itself, think that it may be getting out of hand. They object to all the hoopla and gobbledygook about "creative ideation," "buzz sessions," "idearamas," "imagineering," etc. One thing they fear is that the emphasis on group thinking may produce the very regimentation it seeks to avoid. Another problem is the difficulty of screening out 59 or even 149 wildly impossible ideas to get to work on one good...
...When one of these treasures (a gas-station owner, waterworks superintendent or hotel manager) was found, they tried to persuade him to report visibility, ceiling, and rain or snow every 90 minutes. Sometimes Rossby would borrow a pilot and airplane from the Army Air Corps and buzz a remote small town. When all the inhabitants were craning their necks at the glamorous flying machine, he would land in the flattest field, parade into town in an air fan's car and confer with the mayor. The result of this showmanship was usually a group of weather reporters...
...York City area there are at least three other installations, in New England five. Detroit's suburban Highland Park Presbyterian Church (one of four in Michigan) lists its "Lifeline" phone number in the newspapers, and when Minister Robert C. Young, 36, hears from his office the low buzz of a new call, he makes a short, silent prayer for the caller...
...battle smoke and bitter cries of the crisis gave place last week to the buzz of debate, the world's gaze and the world's hope were directed toward Washington as rarely before. Hungarians, almost unreasoningly, sought the U.S.'s solace and help, some believing that the mere appearance of G.I. paratroopers in Budapest would have sent the Soviets scuttling. Arabs cheered the Stars & Stripes that fluttered from U.S. cars in Cairo and Port Said. Asians talked of Eisenhower's "honesty and integrity." The U.S., dedicated to freedom for all, was surrounded by staring millions...