Word: correctional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...there a possibility to put into practice in one form or another the convictions which they had always held." Then, in its last paragraph, the statement switched back to the first person: "Our life in the Soviet Union has convinced us that we took at that time the correct decision...
Most of the discussion revolves in four areas: the personal influences that are working on Ike to quit or run, the lifetime devotion of Old Soldier Eisenhower to a duty higher than personal influences, the correct direction of duty when a President knows his physical condition can be a hazard to the orderly processes of Government, the possibility that Ike might well be able to carry the load of the presidency if it were trimmed of nonessentials. In all of these areas the President himself has provided the hottest clues for both sides...
...operator can see in front of him just what he has typed. If, upon the completion of one line, he sees a mistake, he can go back to the faculty character, push a correction key, and then type the correct character in its place. Only when the operator starts work on the succeeding line will the original one be reproduced photographically. The machine, in other words, has a built-in-memory system for one line...
Nothing to Fear. Mozart was lively, improvident, generous, totally incapable of holding his own with publishers or managers. He could compose, correct, and complete an entire symphony in his head. But he had none of the massive stolidity that enabled Bach to create a profusion of great music while begetting 20 children-and it is partly because of this tragic frailty that today Mozart is adored and Bach merely worshiped...
Since 1954, it has been the Ministry's curious task to assure the youth of Red China that education really is not so important after all. Last month it issued Directive No. 569673 to guide teachers in sending their pupils off as farm laborers with the "correct" attitude. "It does not matter," said the directive, "whether you leave school now and go to work, or stay in school a while longer and work afterwards. What counts is what you are doing for the fatherland." In short: get to work. The People's Daily dutifully chimed in with...