Word: foolproofing
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...missile, perhaps confused by the enemy, might "home" on a friendly city. The earth's magnetic field is a poor guide. It varies erratically, and a subtle enemy might bemuse the missile with false-face magnetism. What is needed for a really effective guided missile is a foolproof steering device that the enemy cannot influence...
...establishment of Yard intramurals should show results that improve with each year. Although Freshman interest in such a program is now high, officials who are mulling over plans should not expect the Class of '52 to usher in the golden age, just as they can hardly devise a foolproof scheme without some trial and error. But whatever system is finally decided upon, a fully-realized program of Yard sports will give new life to Freshman activities in general, as well as to inter-House athletics...
Wright has made a habit of confounding engineers with buildings which looked plain foolish and turned out to be foolproof. He scorns the cold functionalism of most modern architecture. What makes him a revered revolutionary at 78 is his insistence that buildings are not just "machines for living...
...tried burning the sheets in a furnace. They clinkered and left unburned coupons inside. Next a blast furnace was used. Unburned coupons sometimes blasted right up the stack and out again; unscrupulous finders might pick them up and use them. At last WPTB hit on a system that looked foolproof. They sacked the coupons, sent them along in armored trucks to the E. B. Eddy paper plant in Hull. While WPTB inspectors watched, the coupons were dumped into a beater vat. When the last coupon had disappeared into the bubbling mass of pulp, the inspectors went home...
...Four days after installation of the ''foolproof" traffic control system was proudly announced to the press last winter, it failed to function, sent a freight head-on into a passenger train, killing a fireman. The Rio Grande has had no other fatality since McCarthy took over...