Word: catalystic
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When air is bubbled in, the cell heats up to 140° F. (about the temperature of household hot tap water). Helped by a catalyst, the methanol combines with oxygen, forming carbon dioxide and wa ter while releasing electrons. The 29-lb. cell produces 100 watts of power at 5 volts' pressure, and its efficiency is as high as 40% . An auto engine, by comparison, is doing well if it gets 15% efficiency out of its gasoline fuel...
...acquire a perspective in foreign societies that is "fed back" to the entire society, broadening its values and preparing it for international responsibility. Delano argues that Sevareid underestimates the importance of social development--health, education and community organization--in economic development. The volunteer acts as a kind of "human catalyst." He emanates the idea: "We can do something about this.' " He initiates the process of organizing resources and assigning priorities. "The photographs show the same village, physically unaltered before and after," says Delano (referring to a Peace Corps pamphlet on Peru), "but because one gringo had the patience to stay...
Limited Mandate. Despite his over whelming election victory, Johnson has no grandiose ideas about the extent of his mandate. He considers it a limited one, directing him to steer a middle-road course. He sees his role as that of a catalyst through which a national consensus may develop. Toward that end he will continue to urge such diverse elements in the nation as business and labor, liberals and conservatives, to "reason together"-a technique that has largely accounted for his longtime political success...
...Gadsden was a vice president of Sharp & Dohme when it merged with Merck in 1953. As Merck's executive vice president since 1955, with a salary of $124,600 a year, the soft-spoken Gadsden has impressed colleagues with a talent for flawless recall. An administrative catalyst, he likes to have men around him who disagree with one another. Although he gets "many excellent ideas" from "casual chats" with employees on his worldwide visits to Merck plants, Gadsden likes to see things in writing. Says he: "People who can't put ideas into words don't really...
...most important thing," she told them, "is not a formula but a person who will be a catalyst for the project-someone so dedicated to the purpose that he will stay with it until the job is completed. This is something that no committee or group can do; it must begin and end with one person who will stay with it all the way." Like Buff...