Word: impacting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...intensity of passions on both sides of this schism has been such that those who wish to have a real impact on public education must avoid the controversy completely, couching their suggestions in practical rather than ideological terms. Such is the form of the Conant Report...
Fire or Token? The impact of Almond's decision spread fast and spread hard through the South. Virginia, the traditional leader, had originally provided in its massive-resistance laws-in its authorization for the Governor and/or assembly to seize control of the schools from local districts, to close schools, to withhold school funds, etc.-a promising pattern of lawful resistance to the Supreme Court's basic 1954-55 decisions. Now Virginia was setting what amounted to a new pattern of limited or token integration, which had already been pioneered in North Carolina. Desperately, the Virginia General Assembly...
Safety Air Seat. A new type of airline seat for protecting passengers in a crash has been adopted by Sabena Belgian World Airlines for use in its new Boeing 707 jets. The seat automatically tips backward on impact until the passenger's spine is nearly horizontal, thus putting his whole body in a better position to withstand the shock. Because of its lower center of gravity, the seat is also less likely to be ripped from the floor...
Such tensions, even if not arising from College conditions, should come to the attention of College authorities "if unnecessary wastes of talent and educational resources are to be avoided." The increase in "outstanding" students may tend to evoke an "emotional impact of impending failure" on those students whose work is not of this calibre...
...simultaneously releasing a puff of chaff (reflecting metal foil) to help watching radars to pick up the capsule's track. When its speed has decreased sufficiently, a large landing parachute will unfold. A big rubberized "doughnut" will inflate around the capsule's base, designed to cushion the impact if it drops on land, or to keep it afloat if it falls in the ocean. A tracking beacon, two-way radio, flashing lights, sofar bombs (for underwater sound) and dye markers will guide search parties...