Word: gaps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although a fifth still describe themselves as "conservative" in temperament, over half prefer the safe and evasive category of "moderate liberal." In addition, a sixth of the students appear willing to admit that they remain "politically indifferent." Neither Hoffa nor the "missile-gap" can arouse them from their lethargy. Apparently ignoring the dictum that "knowledge is power," these Political Indifferents fervently hope that "ignorance is bliss...
...nervous aftermath of Russia's Sputnik I, the U.S. Government sent out an S O S to U.S. science. Needed was someone to furnish scientific advice to President Eisenhower and to bridge the gap between the scientific and governmental worlds, which had become so interdependent. Top man to answer the call: Dr. James R. Killian Jr., president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who was named the President's Special...
...arms race with Russia, any serious gap in decision making can result one to five years later in a serious U.S. defense gap. This "decision lead-time" problem came sharply into focus last week when the Pentagon faced a serious, unexpected gap in top decision makers. The sudden death of Deputy Defense Secretary Donald Quarles (TIME, May 18) robbed the Pentagon of its key keeper of important policy detail just at a time when...
...complained, "The present halls and cases are overcrowded and many interesting collections have to be kept in drawers or stored in the basement awaiting the completion of the building." It was through his determined efforts that money was raised to build a third part to Peabody, to close the gap and join it with the rest of the University Museum...
GENEVA, May 17--Western diplomats said tonight they may have to negotiate a separate stop-gap settlement with the Soviet Union after full debate of rival East-West German peace plans...