Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, if the board members were grading the specifics of the President's program, the report card would be mixed. They would generally give him an A-plus for reviving the nation's confidence, an A-minus for tackling inflation, a C on his plans for reviving the economy and creating jobs, an A for devaluing the dollar, and a B for clamping the surcharge on imports. A sampling of the board's comments...
...scheduled to give the world its first pictures of a lunar lift-off taken from the moon's surface. Because of the nagging time lags, Fendell could not afford to look at the TV monitor himself. He had to go completely by the clock. At exactly T-minus-zero, Fendell had to begin tilting the camera upward. Thus, by the time his command reached the moon, the camera would-he hoped-follow Falcon's ascent stage until it drifted off the tube. Then, in order to bring it back into sight, Fendell would have to press an-other...
...cloudland of higher mathematics, there is a whole area of study called "imaginary numbers." What is an imaginary number? It is a multiple of the square root of minus one. What is the good of knowing that? Imaginary numbers, according to mathematicians, are useful in figuring out such problems as the flow of air or water past a curved surface like an airplane wing...
Buckley, who refused to lead last year's Commencement because he said he did not want to wear the ceremonial regalia, will open and close this year's Commencement-but minus the traditional sword...
...sculptures, one construction by David Brown, entitled "Voodoo Totem," completes its theme by manipulating the new dimensions of natural textural irregularities. The assemblage's central spine is a splintered railroad tie, onto which are hammered small colored pieces of wood and pottery. Minus the cartoon face painted atop the structure, it is a pleasing, although perhaps accidental, piece...