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Word: experimental (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Four-State Experiment. Benson's 1956 soil bank plan was supposed to cut farm production, but after an expenditure of $61 million, out popped the new heads: while letting a farmer bank part of his land, it left him free to boost output on the unbanked acres, and surpluses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: How to Fight a Hydra | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

The bombast-pricking headlines and jokes made by America's free world friends point right to the heart of the matter. The Viennese designation of "spätnik" (meaning "latenik") and the Mexican reference to "stallnik" are both gibes at the overblown way in which public relations men and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VANGUARD'S AFTERMATH: JEERS AND TEARS | 12/16/1957 | See Source »

Decking their streets and buildings with flags to symbolize a mood of national optimism, Colombians last week voted 18-to-1 for a novel experiment in government. They approved a constitutional amendment for a long cooling-off period in which all offices will be split equally between the long-warring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: The Restoration | 12/16/1957 | See Source »

The idea for Project FIRO came from a similar experiment conducted last year with a fraternity at M.I.T. The roommate predictions for the members proved accurate in 75 per cent of the cases.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Schutz Launches Study On Roommate Choices | 12/13/1957 | See Source »

¶While FCC scanned the air waves for any trace of an adman's use of "subliminal perception" in a pitch to the viewer's subconscious mind (TIME, Nov. 18). one TV station announced that it has been trying the technique for two months. WTWO in Bangor, Me...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Busy Air | 12/9/1957 | See Source »

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