Word: correctible
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...without fuel and carries measuring equipment [presumably radio and guiding instruments] weighing 156.5 kg. [345 lbs.]. The station itself weighs 278.5 kg. [614 lbs.]." This description apparently means that the third-stage rocket has apparatus for turning itself in space and firing small rockets to correct its course, either by obedience to radio orders from the ground or under the instruction of its own inertial guidance system. After the course had been corrected, said the Soviet announcement, the rocket was detached from the station-most likely to keep it from interfering with the "station's" radio transmission...
Swinging around to the dealers, Cole travels about 100,000 air miles a year. He has won their respect and hearty backing by listening to their problems, trying to correct one of their big complaints-poor assembly-line workmanship. He likes to inspect the Chevies in showrooms and on the lots, peers under hoods, checks the chrome, looks hard for water leaks. On occasion, he has flown in a team of engineers from Detroit to replace all faulty parts. Time and again, dealers give him their highest possible accolade; they bubble that "when Ed Cole talks to you, he makes...
...today, and it is the principle behind the spelling machines being used at the Franklin School in Lexington. the teacher pronounces a spelling word, and the student writes a reply to it in a space provided in a small rectangular box. Then, by shifting a lever, he exposes the correct answer. He can thus compare his answer promptly with the correct one, and the immediate reinforcement that takes place is reputed to be extremely valuable in the learning process. The spelling machine also has the virtue of allowing children to work at their own rate of progress with material...
...only for animals. But a few of Chayen's mechanical cows could digest Nigeria's whole crop, extracting both oil and edible protein. The oil and other byproducts could be exported, earning as much money as exporting the peanuts whole, and the protein could be retained to correct Nigeria's protein-deficient diet. A machine digesting four tons of peanuts per hour would cost only $700,000, and it would supply enough protein for a city of 250,000 people. "It is no longer inevitable," says Chayen, "that the majority of the population of this earth should...
Master Taylor said the situation will correct itself somehow, but the unplaced students (generally those returning after an absence) might not stay in their present Houses. Adjustments include having some residents of the Boston area live at home, or some advanced standing students return to the Yard, others said...