Word: instrument
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they are prepared to keep open minds with regard to changes in institutions and government. Most important, they have learned that if the conservative values of human dignity, constitutionalism and private property are to be preserved then government, the Twentieth Century Leviathan, must be used as a positive instrument, not only in general but also in particular. Further, instead of trying to preserve an eighteenth century division of functions between the national and local governments they are prepared to experiment with new arrangements. If such attitudes constitute being a 'radical," then the conservative majority needs more such radicalism...
...Evans, the cellist, distinguished himself particularly in the first number; his instrument literally sang with feeling and beauty. The first violinist, Mr. Pennington, also gave a flawless performance. Unfortunately, the second violinist and the violist did not measure up to their colleagues in clarity or smoothness, but the all-important ensemble, which faltered slightly at the start, was impeccable thereafter...
...engines growled on and Baker, with nothing to do, took a box from the ledge above the instrument panel. He unwrapped it-more presents from grateful Germans: a little porcelain snail, some flowers, and a toy walrus made out of rat's fur. There was a note addressed: An unseren Blokade Flieger. Hensch could not read it, but he said: "Wait till my wife gets ahold of that. She'll start sending them food packages. She's always sending these Germans presents...
...Humboldt Bay in northern California lies Arcata, the "world's foggiest airport." Arcata is "socked in" by rain or fog so often (97 days a year) that the U.S. armed forces have made it a base for their all-weather flying experiments, equipped the field with blind landing instruments (both G.C.A. and I.L.S.) and Fido (fog-dispersing oil burners). Through the soup over Arcata one day last December, a Southwest Airways DC-3 made the world's first blind landing with all three systems on a scheduled commercial run. Since then, Southwest, a ten-plane "feeder" line between...
Professor Wild thought science had brought about an extreme materialistic philosophy and the worship of the scientific method. He stressed the fact that the scientific method is not a valid instrument for ferreting out the harmful material tendencies of human life...