Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this touch of life, says Professor Sinnott, exists in the universe, and science so far has not explained it. "Attention has often been called to the curious contrast between organic evolution and the Second Law of Thermodynamics.* Through evolution has come a succession of living things that shows progressively higher levels of organization. The organic world has constantly moved upward. The Second Law, on the other hand, expresses the undoubted fact that lifeless matter tends to decrease in the degree of its organization, to grow more and more random in character that the universe tends to 'run down...
...randomness. The upward purposeful thrust of life, which continually opposes the downward drag of matter, is evidence, I think, that in nature there is something that we may call-to name what can never be put into words-a Principle of Organization. Not only does lift man ever higher but it provides three great essentials for his religion-: brings order out of randomness, spirit out of matter, and personality out of neutral and impersonal stuff. This Principle of Organization, lifted far above its expression in matter and into the realm of spirit may without irreverence, I believe be thought...
...Second Law of Thermodynamics, generally credited to German Physicist Rudolf Julius Emmanuel Clausius (1822-88), teaches in its simplest form that heat of its own accord will always flow from higher to lower temperature...
Does Fair Trade bring higher or lower prices? Last week, after a year-long study of the question, University of Chicago Economist Ward S. Bowman Jr. reported that Fair Trade tends to raise retail prices. As part of his research, Bowman picked a typical product, toothpaste, and 'checked retail prices all over the nation. Conclusion: in the 40 states that have Fair Trade laws, toothpaste costs 2% more than in free-trading states...
...high protective tariff. You cannot benefit one segment of the American people by a high protective tariff unless some other segment pays for it. You can restrict the flow of Venezuelan oil to the United States. When you do that, you make all of New England take a higher power cost because its fuel will cost more. The ultimate payoff is with the consumer...