Word: modernness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...glob of 3000 degrees F metal. After 45 minutes in the oxygen-fired furnace, the iron turns into liquid steel, which a computer-controlled casting machine quickly forms into slabs 40 ft. long. Presto! In just 3.8 worker-hours, one-third less than the U.S. industry's average, this modern plant has produced a ton of steel. It is one of the most efficient mills in the world, but this one is not owned by the West Germans or Japanese. This is the Gary flagship of USX, the largest U.S. steel producer. And its success is no fluke. Twelve miles...
...four Literature and Arts B courses which were lotteried, "Jazz," "Rembrandt," "Monuments of Japan" and "Modern Art and Abstraction," numbered about 1200 students after the lotteries were held...
...absolute requirement would be that [alottery] is announced ahead of time," says AndreiSmrekar, head section leader for "Modern Art." The"Modern Art" class, popularly known as Spots andDots, has always held a lottery...
Assistant Professor of History Brian Balogh,who teaches a course on modern America, said hewould try to draw in the themes, but notnecessarily as a result of the letter. Balogh saidhe has planned a lecture called "From Brown toBirmingham" and also will show Eyes on thePrize, a public broadcasting series on theCivil Rights movement...
...knowledge is partial and Blacks don't have the right to hoard their knowledge from whites. They are mighty deficient when they are not educated in the presence of Blacks. Most whites don't know that. That's one of the most unfortunate aspects of modern states. Most people who are dominant don't know how dumb they are... To not have an education in the presence of people you are going to have to deal with seems to me shortsighted...