Word: exerts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...time, John Dewey more than realized his ambition. A shy, shuffling figure, he probably managed to exert as much influence on U.S. education and thinking as any man of his time. Teachers and judges became Deweyites, and so did millions of ordinary men and women, who did not even know who he was or what his theories were...
...whatever their political sentiments' Old Grads on the whole do little more than vote. Only 17% are apt to make a campaign contribution; only 3% ever tried to raise money for a campaign; only 6% have held any elective office in recent years. The Old Grad seems to exert comparatively little direct influence on public affairs. Politically, he appears passive...
...toward the speed of sound, the danger they feared most was the beating they took in the "transsonic zone." When an airplane is moving close to sonic speed, shock waves'(powerful sound waves) form on its wings and control surfaces. They come and go, shift irregularly and sometimes exert enormous forces on the plane's structure. Many early airplanes that trespassed too far into the transsonic range were destroyed by galloping shock waves. The remedy is now understood: thinner wings and tail surfaces, and a quick passage through the danger zone. Above the transsonic, the designers hoped...
Cohn runs the Lab with octopus-like efficiency and inspires his helpers to work long hours by his own almost tireless example. He seems to exert direct control over almost all of the lab, including the design of pamphlet covers. Believing that scientific information should be released to scientists first, he refuses to give press interviews or allow members of his staff to be quoted on scientific matters...
Hunger, Singh asserted, is the chief ally of Communism. He mentioned two ways in which the United States can help fight famine. First, he said, the U.S. could exert pressure on the "reactionary governments" of South Asia to effect some overdue land reforms, and second, the U.S. can give direct aid in the form of food...