Word: good
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...advanced data which the machine can provide us with will help to enable us to arrive at goals which are "feasible to reach," he said. The economist emphasized that accurate and detailed statistics are not enough to determine a good set of goals for the economy. In a democracy of free people the citizens determine such goals. In so doing they taken into account factors such as the amount and kind of work they prefer and standards of health and diet prevalent among different working groups...
...result as achieved by an organism does not at all imply that the mechanism whereby the organism acts or decides has been duplicated. For engineering purposes, as in the "no hands" operation of a production line, this may be quite immaterial (so long as men keep the surrogate in good working order). But the physiologists's job is different. What he seeks is not merely an overall model. He really looks for an understanding of the actual mechanisms whereby the organic, biological machine operates. An even partially successful model may be enormously helpful in furthering this quest, in a particular...
...sick of singing saxophones, try these for a chaser. At present, only Briggs and Briggs and the College Music Shop are kind enough to stock them; but even the people that sell television sets instead of music might try them if they heard them. They'd feel as good as Mr. Wilson...
Back this fall with new makeup and a crop of good stories and poems, the Harvard Advocate has got off to a running start for what promises to be and interesting year. Last winter the Advocate arose reincarnated and proclaimed an end to its previous reputation of academic dehydration. The magazine began to publish interesting discussions of controversial topics; its fiction content showed improvement. And judging by the first issue of Volume 133, this new policy will be continued...
...social and intellectual prestige that Harvard has in the East But at opposite ends of the continent, these universities represent opposite ways of college life. The gay, outdoor, coed, magazine-type collegiate life dominates Stanford. Often called a playboy's school, Stanford presents a happy blend of good comradeship, rural atmosphere, and high scholarship...