Word: gracing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...suceessful as had been the past, the future looked more promising. Gathered with Professor Aiken in the conference Grace M. Hopper, Richard Block, Robert Campbell, and Joseph Harrison, all research associates, discussed the possibilities of large scale computation in the various fields of applied sciences. Though their interest vary in regard to the application of automatic computing, they are united in their interest in the machines themselves "Faster and more accurate machines and more of them. "is the immediate goal. according to Professor Aiken. If his first ten years in the business are any indication another deesde should find...
...Roman Catholic believes in the necessity of the ritual he uses as a mode for the investment of the worshiper with the grace of God. He is trained in that belief, and would feel spiritually empty, I presume, minus the use of such ritual...
...Little Wheel moved by the grace...
Nehru moved about at receptions with high good humor and grace. At India House, he shook hands with the Dowager Marchioness of Willingdon, whose husband had jailed him; at Buckingham Palace, he ate from His Majesty's gold plate, a delightful change from the tin service he had known as a nine-year guest in H. M.'s prisons. Jinnah was socially crusty, giving the impression of a man deeply aggrieved. When the travelers got down to cases, however, it was the smiling Nehru who proved most stubborn...
...worth it to me.") Grandfather N. K. Fairbank made his fortune in Gold Dust washing powder, among other things, and helped found the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Janet's mother is Novelist Janet Ayer (The Bright Land) Fairbank; her aunt is Pulitzer Prize Novelist Margaret Ayer (Years of Grace) Barnes. In a stone mansion on Chicago's State Street and on a gingerbready Victorian estate at Wisconsin's Lake Geneva, the Fairbanks entertained transient celebrities. Janet concentrated on the musicians. Says she: "It was like Grand Central Station. Everyone who came to Chicago went through our house...