Word: fitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...American Association for the Advancement of Science (see p. 34). As usual he spoke about his all-absorbing credo of change. "We have reason not to be afraid of the machine," he said, "for there is always constructive change, the enemy of machines, making them change to fit new conditions. . . . You have heard of Technocracy [see p. 12]. I wish I had those fellows for my competitors. I'd like to take the auto- mobile it is said they predicted could be made now that would last for 50 years. Even if never used, this automobile would be worth...
...bright side of such threatening promises as the robot: "A being might be produced capable of tending a machine but without other ambitions. Our minds recoil from such fearful eventualities, and the laws of a Christian civilization will prevent them. But might not lopsided creatures of this type fit in well with the Communist doctrines of Russia?" Aggressively conservative, Winston Churchill's desk-poundings will please many a Fundamentalist in politics. But the next moment with absent-minded effrontery he is apt to give away a point to the enemy: "Democratic governments drift along the line of least resistance...
...Coach Clark Hodder '25 has been putting his men through more gruelling practice sessions than usual this week. After farming out the inexperienced men with the first cut last Saturday, Hodder started this week with long scrimmages and practice games in the hope that his team would be in fit shape to meet the Belmont Hill...
...mountebank seeking popular applause at any price. Certainly the action of the University authorities in the flogging case should have ended the affair. The Governor's interference was directly contrary to the principle that educators should be left free to carry out their educational policies as they see fit. It ought to receive the attention of college newspapers generally...
Technically, they say, the French are not the equals of the California engineers, but one has some doubts. The use of music throughout the film shows an imagination, an originality, and an ability to fit the music to the tempo which American films lack. The use of the camera, particularly in the opening scenes showing deck tennis, is equal to Hollywood's best, though not quite up to the standards so definitely set by the serious Germans. In chase scenes, a direct outgrowth of the Mack Sennet tradition, the director outdoes himself in making the sequences, tense with suspense...