Word: know
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...easily. "I write songs in the back of the car," Johnny explains, "or in hotel rooms, in planes." But "write" is the wrong word. He cannot read a note. Johnny simply picks out the tunes that arrange themselves in his head, plays them over and over till the boys know them well and can record them on tape...
...Buildings. "I know many campuses where a gunshot in the middle of the afternoon would not only hit no one; there would scarcely be anyone about to hear it. One president discovered that some 80% of all the classes in the university were held in the forenoon. He said it was hardly fair to ask the legislature for more buildings, unless the university made better use of the ones it had. After a year of urging, he succeeded in getting the proportion of morning classes reduced from...
Professors. "An occupational hazard is arrogance. This grows out of the easy victories of the classroom, where he works with young people who know less than he does. He may thus unconsciously come to believe that business, politics, and educational administration would be much better managed if those in charge would only apply the same intelligence to their work that he uses...
Last week Missouri-born Artist Benton was meticulously documenting each projected detail for two new murals for two individualistic patrons who know their own minds: ex-President Harry Truman, who authorized a $60,000 mural for the Truman Library in Independence, and New York's Robert Moses, who wants a smaller ($21,000) piece for the New York State Power Authority administration building in Niagara Falls...
...will pull out the device and punch on the keys the number. Then, turning the device over, he will hear the voice of his friend and see his face on the screen, in color and in three dimensions. If he does not see him and hear him, he will know that his friend is dead...