Word: method
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gravest Weakness." As for conscription by lottery, a method tried briefly during both World Wars, the draft chief asked: "What would you do if you drew a one-legged man? Those urging a lottery recognize that you can't apply it to the disqualified. You return to a selective service system." But a lottery's "gravest weakness," Hershey contended, is "the substitution of chance for judgment in an area where we need much more wisdom than we have-the proper utilization of our manpower...
...blue ribbon panel of experts, represents a new direction in official Catholic thinking on marriage problems. For that reason, a dissenting minority has objected strongly and urged that the only concession be approval of the pill to help regularize the female menstrual cycle, thus making more reliable the rhythm method of birth control. The final word on the problem is up to Pope Paul, who has categorized the decision as "agonizing" and is unlikely to issue his decree before September...
...Thank you for setting us straight on Leopold Stokowski [June 3]. His genius has been far more profitable to the musical world than his few past antics have been abusive. Presently, all we are asked to contend with are his Dionysian method of conducting (which is, for many, a more valuable visual aid than some are willing to admit) and certain liberties he may take with an orchestral score. Those who may feel they are not supposed to like such things need to remember what Brahms once said to Conductor Arthur Nikisch after Nikisch's fiery interpretation...
...Soviets intend to use much of the irrigated acreage for wheat. No other large-scale wheat producer uses irrigation, for the simple reason that the method is so costly that other nations prefer to grow more profitable crops and buy the wheat abroad. But the Soviet Union is apparently so set on self-sufficiency that it is willing to pay almost any price for home-grown grain...
Torturous as it sounds, the method is essentially painless. It is admittedly cumbrous and timeconsuming, says...