Word: methods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...position as New York's stocky Governor Hugh Carey and New York City's diminutive Mayor Abraham Beame marched in and took seats at a small antique table and announced their triumph. After days of negotiation, said Carey, the two had finally worked out a new method to raise the $2 billion that New York City must have to stave off bankruptcy through November...
...scientists in Germany and elsewhere about the possibility of controlled atomic fission. "Believe we have observed new phenomenon of far-reaching consequences," he scrawled in a diary. Dunning's later research showed that Uranium 235 was the most fissionable isotope, a discovery that led to the gas-diffusion method of refining U-235, currently used in nuclear bombs and most atomic power plants...
...Raposo, 36, whose credits include ballads for Frank Sinatra, The Carpenters and Jose Feliciano, as well as the theme for Sesame Street. At ten, Raposo already showed the facility and ingenuity that are essential for a commercial composer. A piano student, he invented a two-handed speed method for orchestration. Each finger represents a symphonic choir. Notes played by the pinky and fourth fingers of the right hand are assigned to violins and flutes, the third and second fingers represent the clarinets and oboes, the thumbs are both French horns. In the left hand, the second and third fingers stand...
...tricky job, especially when freshmen don't bother to give complete data on the request form. Nevertheless, Young says that the barter system, which he claims is unique to Harvard, is the best possible method of matching roommates. "The whole job could be done by computer," Young says, "but there would have to be a lot of options and one helluva program." Is the process successful? Young cites the large numbers of students who stick with their roommates for the next three years at the College as evidence that the summer sessions are most productive...
...nation, the union subjects him to TEAM (for Teamster Economic Action Mobilization). Its essence: a quiet warning to retailers that if they continue selling the manufacturer's product, Teamster pickets will appear in front of the stores, carrying signs urging shoppers not to buy it. The method, with exceptions, is legal and exceedingly effective. In most cases, the retailers tell the manufacturer they will no longer carry his product, and the manufacturer facing the freeze usually capitulates...