Word: environmental
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The greatest obstacle for space travel ers to overcome is man himself. The human body is fitted to meet conditions on the surface of the earth, where the temperature varies only slightly and the pull of gravitation varies hardly at all. The atmosphere provides a steady supply of oxygen, while...
Trial by Heat. Since man cannot change his body quickly, he must carry with him a capsule of his earth-surface environment. This, in effect, is what the fish did; the cells in the bodies of land vertebrates, including man, are bathed in a fluid much like the thin brine...
Apart from the lack of sunshine, Tipping is enjoying his first visit to America. Like most of his Nieman colleagues who have complete freedom in selecting courses, Tipping is sitting in on courses ranging from Human Rights to Art in Man's Environment. His afternoons bring beer and discussion sessions...
To understand the spirit behind Tom Pendergast's card is to understand the ever-mounting spate of scandals in Washington. Most of the men accused, including Bill Boyle, are sincerely indignant at the charges against them. They have done nothing that they consider wrong, nothing that was not approved...
"After he is established in a college, it is unlikely that the professor's milieu and resources, are the kind that will facilitate, much less create, independence of mind. He is a member of a petty hierarchy, almost completely closed in by its middle-class environment and its segregation of...