Word: electronic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...walking down to Harvard Square for lunch yesterday when I met an electron. He was coming down the sidewalk at a pretty fast clip (186,000 miles a second) and I saluted him as he passed. (Electronics are military personnel now, you know, and they rate a salute...
...This electron was a pretty interesting fellow, as electrons go. They're all very much alike though; they have very negative personalities. But this one had a new outlook on life since the beginning of the war. He felt that now he was really able to do something useful...
...electron paused and stratched his ear thoughtfully; then went on. "Yes, I've had my troubles here just like everybody else, but in spite of everything. I like it. It's a pleasure to work with such a fine bunch of men. Every electron in the school says the same thing. Just ask them. There's only one other thing I have to complain of. Sometimes Professor Wing goes so fast in his lectures, I can't keep up with...
...crippling decentralization goes even further. Another agency under Prentiss Brown rules farm prices. The only insurance that Davis will be just another electron flying around the nucleus of the OPA is the possibility of his referring disputes to stabilization director Byrnes. Function stands apart from power, for Wickard is a member of the Economic Stabilization Board while Davis is not. Wickard continues to represent the United States on the Combined Food Board although Davis needs information on lend-lease food aid to manage production and distribution. Overburdening executives is one thing; halving authority is another. If active organization and comprehensive...
When war ends, the new war-born developments will "go to peace." Already electron tubes of various forms can accomplish miraculous things...