Word: human
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Concessions. Because the U. S. has no quota system, except for human immigration, its side of the bargain was relatively simple on paper. Reductions were made on 71 French imports, among the most important being brandy, champagne, vermouth and still wines. U. S. drinkers will, after June 15,* pay 61? less for a bottle of champagne, 14? less for vermouth, 10? less for wine, 90? less for brandy...
Since the parent departments control the courses, only the tutors can be discussed separately. (An estimate of professors and courses will be found in the articles on Chemistry and Biology). Despite natural human variation, most tutors are considered competent, if not excellent. Because the field is difficult to cover, tutorial work takes on particular importance, and though some tutors are not sufficiently at home in the field to know what must be stressed and what passed over, the average concentrator finds himself well enough prepared for divisionals...
...dismal sight the day of the matches. Haar," an especially bad Scottish mist, swept over all 18 holes, limited clear vision to 100 yd. Because a postponement was not considered sporting, the golfers trudged wearily around, got soaking wet, wore fur mittens between shots. Caddies stood ahead as human signposts to mark the direction of the greens. To make matters worse, hungry birds had dislodged old divots in their search for grub, left a mass of cupped lies...
...feet above ground at field edge, 15 feet above at field-centre. When the pilot has put his plane squarely on the junction of these two beams, he turns the control over to the robot which brings the plane down the invisible slope to a landing. All the human pilot does is to handle the throttle, watch the instruments, apply the brakes when the wheels touch...
...anything else. The eight members of each month's class at "The Seeing Eye," are first "built up" psychologically, encouraged to find their way in familiar surroundings. Then the blind student gets a dog whose harness, equipped with a semirigid, U-shaped handle, is sensitive to the slightest human touch. With an instructor at hand, the student tests his dog in Morristown traffic. When at month's end the student can take his walk without the instructor, he is graduated...