Word: maze
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pattern of life which is contagious, a way of thinking and feeling which will occasionally rub off if there is sufficient enforced exposure, and that in some mysterious way people will be the better for acquiring this habit. At least this seems to be the theory behind both the maze of often contradictory demands made upon Harvard undergraduates, and the claims made by administrators...
Moss wrote directly to Wilson, "in the hope that a solution can be found to unravel the maze of red tape hiding a wealth of such material not only at Harvard but at other universities and in government warehouses...
...vast new field of miniature components for better machines. Made out of solid materials, the new components were less susceptible to heat, dust and vibration, had but a fraction of the weight and bulk of old-fashioned tubes. Equally important, science also learned to replace the familiar maze of soldered wires with new printed and etched circuits as flat as playing cards...
...These holdings spread-eagle over a fantastic corporate maze. Getty Oil Co. owns 14% of Tidewater. It also holds 42% of Mission Development Co., which in turn owns 47% of Tidewater. And Getty Oil owns 47% of the separate Mission Corp., which itself owns 10% of Mission Development Corp. and 3½% of Tidewater...
MUCH of the Roman Catholic world has wondered: When will the Pope call another consistory? To get the answer (see "Red Hats" in RELIGION), our Correspondent William Rospigliosi drove from the Rome bureau across town to the Vatican, where he can find his way through the maze of corridors and rumors as well as most cardinals. At the Vatican, Correspondent Rospigliosi is Prince Rospigliosi, a title that dates back to the Holy Roman Empire. One of his ancestors was Pope Clement IX (1667-69). His grandfather, Camillo Rospigliosi. was a captain of the Pope's personal bodyguard from...