Word: connectivity
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Primitive science consists of a great mass of observed facts, a great number of attempts to connect one with another. But the connections (theorems) themselves have little interconnection. It is as if each existed in a different world, or as if the world itself had no logical unity. To a scientist this is repugnant. He accepts on faith that the world is a harmonious whole; he may choose any way he wishes to connect different phenomena; if he chooses the right one it will fall into place as naturally as a word in a puzzle, and no conceivable experiment will...
...last week George II looked up at the Roman-nosed ancestors of Vittorio Emanuele III cut in the ceiling frieze. He ate spaghetti in the grande Salone da pranzo at a royal banquet table seating 20. By touching a button near his bedside telephone George II could connect himself with either of the royal parlors, or the Queen's intimate and exquisite camera da letto di Sua Maesta la Regina- although last week there was no Queen aboard...
This paragraph attempts to connect the death of Mr. Middleton with the election. This is clearly erroneous as the cause of the murder has been determined and was found to be due to an investigation by Mr. Middleton of slot-machine activities in his county, all of which is completely divorced from the primary election...
Practical. 1) Italy's two East African colonies, Eritrea and Italian Somaliland, are unconnected except by the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. As early as 1906, France and Britain gave her permission to build a railroad through Abyssinia to connect the two. Only a military expedition will make it possible...
Columbia Suit. One of Columbia Gas & Electric Corp.'s biggest Depression deals was to connect its 29,000-mi. Midwest natural gas system with the Texas Panhandle through Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. in which it has a 50% interest. Last week the Federal Government filed suit against Columbia Gas & Electric for conspiracy in restraint of trade, charging that it had prevented Panhandle Eastern from selling natural gas to cities and corporations in five Midwest States...