Word: idealism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Warning. Natural earthquakes, said Dr. Bullen, are not ideal as tools for earth study. Their waves often start from a large region, which makes them leave fuzzy records, like the shadows cast by a bonfire. Even worse, they give no warning, so seismologists have no time to start up the expensive, sensitive instruments they use when they want to record events of special interest...
According to Dr. Harold B. Pepinsky of Ohio State University, the ideal person to send on the first long space voyage would be a female midget who is a graduate of M.I.T. with a Ph.D. in physics. He added that it might be a good idea if she were psychotic too, or at least wacky enough to enjoy long periods of isolation in inhospitable space...
...Greenland icecap, whose strategic position dominates most of the U.S., Europe and the U.S.S.R. Major air bases on the ice are not likely, and in any case, the Army is not much concerned with air bases. More likely it is interested in icecap missile bases, which could be ideal places to station giant rockets in ready-to-go position. Temperature and humidity would be low and constant, deep under the ice, and this is good for delicate mechanism. Under-ice supply routes would lead invisibly in from the coast, and over the base itself would spread a smooth, white plain...
Johnston disagrees with Tyrone Guthrie's ideas about playwriting, which he feels are too romantic and impractical. But he concurs with Guthrie's statement that "the ideal stage production ought to be a cooperative undertaking of four elements--the author, director, actors, and audience...
...Ideally, however, this happy combination never takes place," Johnston said. "What inevitably happens is a compromise. The director never gets the ideal cast, so the play has to be tailored to fit the existing one. The great actor seldom gets the role he has talent to interpret, or even a chance to visualize the role except in terms of his own part...