Word: inertia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...century. They were the algebraic catalysts that set in motion a reappraisal of every premise and postulate of modern natural science, a physical revolution whose end is far from sight. In 1905 Einstein published his jottings in five papers. In the fifth, and shortest, paper (Does the Inertia of a Body Depend on its Energy Content?) lay the mathematical nuclei of the atomic...
...added that the main problem would be only to overcome the "initial student inertia" opposing the system's establishment...
Williams said Divinity School alumni first recommended admitting women in 1894. The admissions committee proposed the move last fall and the faculty unanimously recommended it to the Corporation for approval. "There was little serious opposition in recent years," said Dillenberger, "only inertia...
...opening of the curtain, the audience is confronted with a grotesque set, in all probability a drawing room, whose very garishness seems to set Festival in motion. The play drags on, for the next several hours, seemingly propelled by the inertia of its own ponderous plot, which incidentally, grows more weighty and complicated with the passing minutes. As plots go, this one is more tangled than the usual situational comedy. It is almost as if the authors were improvising on the spot, keeping just a scene or so ahead until at last the actors catch up and the play ends...
...term 'dividend' is somewhat of a misnomer." Although U.S. insurance companies have policy reserves of $71 billion, they will pay out less than $5 billion for death benefits, annuities, dividends, etc. in 1954. One insurance executive believes that the major hindrance to changing rates is simply inertia. Said he: "There was a feeling in the business that things were going along pretty good as they were, that a change would give rise to a whole new series of problems and why rock the boat?" For the nation's 93 million policyholders (who have $339 billion in life...