Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Patent No. 2,042,987 was issued to Inventor John Hays Hammond Jr. for a radio-controlled torpedo which can reverse its course if it misses and steer for its target again. Outlined in his prospectus was a method for dispatching entire fleets of torpedoes in formation, which could be speeded or slowed as they made for their targets...
...survey course: inasmuch as there are three hundreds members of this course, the wisdom of the change speaks for itself. The entire curriculum is organized according to a new plan which took four years to evolve, the aim of which is to supply the student with a more satisfactory method of approach and study. Courses on a specific man or period are given in such a way that the knowledge thereby acquired may be applied to any other period; and a better correlation between these historical courses and the technical courses is being achieved...
...molding public opinion is pitifully small, so that the wish a person may have to be a force for peace is hampered by lack of knowledge of how to go about it, and by a feeling of futility in not getting very much done. Yet the most effective method of keeping the peace that has been devised so far, is to educate people not in the horrors of war, but in the opportunities that are available for definite peace activity...
...course, is to bring national problems of overwhelming importance into full prespective. Last year a number of the "big men" participating expressed their delight at discovering this new method of self-education. That indeed, epitomizes the spirit of a conference in which leaders in various fields collaborate with but a single goal in mind--the building of a broader understanding...
...orderly way. Packing the court would establish a precedent that would permanently destroy the usefulness of the tribunal. Two alternatives are left; wait for the more conservative members to die, or amend the Constitution. If the President is willing to wait several years, the former method would be a smooth modus operandi. The more democratic and efficient method, however, is that of admendment. The overwhelming support given Mr. Roosevelt on Election Day augurs well for a speedy and cooperative ratification of any reasonable change proposed...