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...control for ships, the first ever put into actual use. Directed by his devices, the battleship Iowa was used as a target during naval maneuvers off Panama in 1923. Recently the destroyer Stoddert was converted into a radio-controlled target, maneuvered off San Diego. The Navy intends similarly to equip the destroyers Kitty and Boggs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Robot | 8/31/1931 | See Source »

...address before the Yale chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Professor Ulrichs made the statement that the University should equip its graduates with "the professional touch." With the increasing tendency toward specialization it is inevitable that more and more emphasis must be put on professional training, but whether it is the college's job to provide this training is a matter of doubt. The graduate schools are in a position to put their work on a professional standard, but undergraduates should not necessarily be expected to carry their studies to this point...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROFESSIONAL YOUTH | 3/30/1931 | See Source »

...manner in which foreign criticism is received in the land of the Soviets offers a pleasing contrast to the conduct of must nations under similar circumstances. Following the attacks of Representative Fish and Matthew Woll on Red institutions, the Moscow Pravda has recently made the facetious suggestion that America equip a Columbus expedition with caravels in order to find out the truth about the Soviet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RED HUMOR | 2/5/1931 | See Source »

...following the advice of the writer of these articles. Seniors will avoid the unhappiness arising from ignorance of the right idea about business methods, and will better equip themselves to combat the difficulties of securing their first positions in the present period of extreme depression...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AFTER GRADUATION | 1/26/1931 | See Source »

...unemployed at the present time, of whom 100,000 are women and 250,000 come from agriculture and the building trades where seasonal unemployment prevails. I am opposed to the dole. I prefer relief in the form of public works which substantially increase the efficiency of our national economic equip ment. The dole tends the workers to idleness." Prosperity: "I am confident that the peace of the world will be preserved, and that before long a new era of prosperity will dawn; and in this assurance I bid goodby to those who have listened to my message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Benito In English | 1/12/1931 | See Source »

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