Word: following
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...passed the law that still makes illegal the teaching of evolution in the state. If Americans are unable to swallow the idea of a single national curriculum-and most Americans cannot-there are two alternatives: trust the professional educators, many of whom happen now to be life adjusters; or follow Keats's uneasy conclusion: There is nothing to do except "be careful not to move to Tennessee, and try not to make too many mistakes ourselves...
...NACA plan is to put one of these large but almost immaterial objects on an orbit so high that residual air will not slow it appreciably. At twilight it will look as bright as the North Star, and radars pointed at it will show it plainly. They can follow it on its course and measure its distance and direction continuously...
Good negotiators know from experience that each small cluster of homes has one householder who is regarded as the pacesetter of the neighborhood. Negotiator's rule of thumb: find the key man, sign him and his neighbors will follow suit. But property owners have their code too. Few ever admit to satisfaction with the appraisal; all complain, often with justification, that intangibles are involved that the state never takes into consideration...
...aimed another and more familiar counterpunch at the recession. For the third time in four months, FRB cut the discount rate. Reserve banks in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Atlanta reduced the rate from 2¾% to 2¼%. Most of the other eight central reserve banks will soon follow; the cuts are expected to lead to lower interest rates to boost loans and business expansion...
...Square. In Moscow, Soviet newspaper Pravda reported that a traffic cop named Pavlov stopped a funeral procession for a minor violation, forced the entire cortege to turn around and follow him to the nearest police station...