Word: downwards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...There seem to be in nature two opposing streams-the tendency toward organization and goal-seeking, and the tendency toward chance and randomness. The upward purposeful thrust of life, which continually opposes the downward drag of matter, is evidence, I think, that in nature there is something that we may call-to name what can never be put into words-a Principle of Organization. Not only does lift man ever higher but it provides three great essentials for his religion-: brings order out of randomness, spirit out of matter, and personality out of neutral and impersonal stuff. This Principle...
Dupuy believed that the rise in enrollment is not unexpected, but is a normal deviation away from the downward trend which follows after a war. He pointed to the fact that during the 1930's ROTC enrollment at the College had all time highs...
...million a year to plant grass and cover crops rather than commercial crops. Farm economists were quick to point out that this plan, like almost all farm plans, has a loophole for farmers. Farmers could graze cattle on the idle land, and by increasing beef production would put a downward pressure on beef prices...
...Plane 9 overhead. There was a deafening explosion. The wreckage of what had been Plane 8 fell into a pine forest below. Plane 9 managed to stay on course for almost a minute after the collision. Then its tail unit fell off, and the second C-119 tumbled downward and burst into flames...
...clearest day, the atmosphere is as opaque to many kinds of radiation as if it were an ocean of ink. But the satellite, soaring above the atmosphere, can measure all kinds of radiation, including the sun's ultraviolet and the primary cosmic rays. Its electrical eyes, looking downward, can scan the earth, following masses of cloud as they form and drift. Other instruments can measure the electrified particles that stream...