Word: obtaining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...feel himself impelled toward, the dark unfathom'd caves of outer space? For one thing, despite his physical and emotional inadequacies, he is still a space-saving, weight-saving gadget compared with any electronic brain yet constructed. A cynical explanation favored in cybernetic circles: "Nowhere else can you obtain a self-maintaining computer with built-in judgment, which can be mass-produced by unskilled labor -and by people who like their work so well." To Dr. Simons, first man to have so long and clear a view of untwinkling stars, it is a matter of man's destiny...
Should that happen-and many Italian pundits believe it will-the Christian Democrats, for all Fanfani's threats, will almost certainly need Liberal support to form a government, and to obtain it will have to pay more heed to the gadfly voice of Giovanni Malagodi. "The reawakening of the Liberal Party," declared Rome's Il Messaggero last week, "constitutes the one new fact in this campaign . . . and it augurs well for Italian democracy...
Important books in the field of American history that are now either out of print or very difficult to obtain will be made available at relatively low prices by the Harvard University Press...
Since the Program for Harvard College has not completed its publicity drive, the Medical School is still conducting "a very quiet campaign," Rand said. He estimated that an all-out effort to obtain contributions would probably begin in the Fall...
...also holds a tax-exempt status, on the basis that money earned while working for HSA will be used exclusively to pay College term bills; and finally, HSA holds an effective monopoly of student enterprise, because of the fact that any undergraduate who solicits in the dormitories must obtain a permit from the University...