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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...consolation to Moles and his obviously devoted translator, it may be admitted that, when the original French edition appeared in 1958, it was quite fashionable to dash cybernetically about. After a sufficiently loud and long obeisance to information theory (sufficiently loud and long to attract financial support and publication), it seemed not to matter what profit came from applying Shannon's H-formula to any kind of relative frequencies, real or imaginary. It was no fault of Shannon's that, by the end of the Fabulous Fifties, the H of his formula stood most often for Hooey...

Author: By Wilson LYMAN Keats, | Title: The Joel E. Cohen Translation of Abraham Moles's "Information Theory and Esthetic Perception" | 3/18/1966 | See Source »

Wayne Andersen upset Navy's highly touted Bob Donohue in a successful defense of his crown in the 60-yard dash. Both runners were clocked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Team Wins Heps for Third Consecutive Time; Swimmers Smash Three University Marks at Easterns | 3/14/1966 | See Source »

...Although there was no Sloan car [Feb. 25], at least one of G.M.'s vehicles was named after its inventor: the Oldsmobile, named after Ransom Eli Olds, and first produced in 1887 as a three-wheeled, steam-powered horseless carriage. In 1900, the "Curved Dash" Oldsmobile was developed at the Olds Motor Works. It was some time later that the Oldsmobile became associated with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 11, 1966 | 3/11/1966 | See Source »

...major complaint of faculty members at the five Florida campuses was that they could not cram their previous 16-week semester courses into the 14-week trimesters without shortchanging students. "Education is not a 60-yard dash-it should be approached and savored," said one Florida State professor, who contended that under the trimester his students were "confused and stunned by the lightning speed of things." Some students agreed. "It's like trying to drink water from a high-pressure fire hose," said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Universities: Trimester's Tribulations | 3/11/1966 | See Source »

Sprinter Wayne Anderson repeated his :06.4 performance of last year in the 60-yard dash. It earned him a close second to Fordham's Sam Perry last year, but this time it didn't even win him a berth in the semifinals. Perry, in :06.2, won the event for the third consecutive year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Places Third in IC4A's Behind Maryland and Villanova | 3/7/1966 | See Source »

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