Word: direct
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or manufacturers; and if you will make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers or physicians. What professional men should carry away with them from a University, is not professional knowledge, but that which should direct the use of their professional knowledge, and bring the light of general culture to illuminate the technicalities of a special pursity, is not professional knowledge, but that which should direct the use of their professional knowledge, and bring the light of general culture to illuminate the technicalities of a special...
...hundreds of colored balloons into the air. In his brief, plain-spoken inaugural address, Thieu told the South Vietnamese that now "my preoccupations are your preoccupations; I shall rely on your eyes to see more clearly and your concern to gain a better knowledge." He again offered to hold direct talks with Hanoi to end the war, as he had promised during his campaign. But significantly absent this time was any mention of a bombing pause, perhaps reflecting Washington's growing lack of enthusiasm...
...effort toward orbiting the moon from a space platform circling the earth. All this is necessary because the Russians, so far, do not seem to have developed a vehicle-such as the U.S.'s Saturn 5 -with sufficient thrust to send up a complete exploration unit on a direct flight to the vicinity of the moon...
...method uses "pure" sound waves of a single frequency that are bounced off the subject and picked up by one or more scanning microphones. At the same time, a sound signal of the same frequency is transmitted directly to the microphones. The two tones-reflected and direct-interfere with each other in a complex sound pattern that is, in effect, an acoustical "picture" of the object being scanned. The mixed pattern of sound is transmitted as electrical en rgy from the microphones to an oscilloscope-similar to a television picture tube. The oscilloscope then converts the electrical energy into light...
...explained at our meeting on Wednesday, I was uncomfortable throughout these proceedings for two reasons: 1) I was in the unaccustomed position of urging disciplinary action for students because they desired it and against my personal wishes; and 2) uncertainty was introduced by the lack of direct statements from the men involved as to their presence in the corridor. If it had been clear prior to Tuesday that such statements would be accepted, I would certainly have attempted to secure them instead of resting on my own judgment...