Word: idealism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ideal adviser does not exist--and it is a pretty safe bet that he doesn't--what do the present advisers actually do? How much time do they spend with their advisees, and what kind of advice" do they give...
Rising Ratio. The ideal VTOL may come into being through the continuous improvement of jet engines. Research Engineer Earl R. Hinz of Ryan Aeronautical Co. points out that when the static thrust of an airplane's engines exceeds the airplane's weight, a vertical take-off is possible-at least in theory. Apparently no operational jet plane has such thrust at present, but the ratio of thrust to weight-even with the low-power figures still published by the security-morbid U.S. Department of Defense-is climbing rapidly. For the F-86 Sabre jet the ratio is four...
...professor scoffs, "He's groping for a comprehensive theory of the universe with Newton's Principia as his ideal." A social relations tutor observes, "His followers are as avid as Marxists." And Pravda replies, "He's a tool of capitalistic warmongers." But while the scholarly tempest brews, Professor of Sociology Talcott Parsons answers for himself--"Heavens, let's not go off the deep...
...grade zirconium as a hardening material for steel (1,500,000 Ibs. at $10 a Ib. was shipped in 1955). But in 1948, with the start of the atomic power plant program, the AEC found it needed almost pure zirconium. Since it does not become radioactive, it is an ideal construction material for light, compact, thermal-type reactors such as those on the submarines Nautilus and Sea Wolf. A Bureau of Mines pilot plant and, later, Carborundum Co. developed processes to refine 99.5% pure zirconium, gradually brought the price down to $14 a Ib. on total production...
...seeking the ideal of an institution of quality, where "the integrity of learning will not be compromised," Brandeis has conquered many obstacles--no money, and no alumni to get it from; no academic reputation and no faculty to derive it from...