Word: oddness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Eighth grade students learn enough chemistry to determine simple compounds of some twenty-odd elements, enough astronomy to calculate roughly the winter solstice with hand-made tools or to ask why the orbit of the moon is not a true ellipse, and enough geometry and trigonometry to construct very accurate maps on conic and other projections...
...matter are presented, and they begin to examine about twenty key elements. The concept of atomic structures is introduced, and these elements, their properties, and the ways they combine are considered. When a few more are added, the beginnings of the periodic table may be understood. Then another twenty-odd elements are studied because of their importance to man, elements like gold or uranium, chromium or arsenic...
Declaring that "crisis, unemployment and disunity" are "discrediting" the "imperialist world," Liu described with confidence and sober optimism the prospects for Communist China and the Soviet bloc. With repeated quotations from Marx, Lenin and Mao Tse-tung (who was among the 1,000-odd delegates present), Liu urged increased production to surpass Britain in 15 years. His new slogan: "Hard work for a few years; happiness for a thousand." He predicted more than 7,100,000 tons of steel production this year, against 2,200,000 tons only four years ago. But in the fine print...
...most ardent exponent of Protestant-Catholic amity polish his glasses. Roman Catholic St. Bernard College, founded and staffed by Benedictine monks, was ending its first academic year of accreditation as a senior college with a solemn High Mass in the stadium, commencement exercises, blessing of class rings. The odd thing about it was that of the 494 St. Bernard students, 394 were Protestants-most of them Bible-belt Baptists...
...string of odd items hit the sea at moderate speed and started shouting, "Here I am!" in four different voices. An underwater bomb exploded, sending sound waves to distant hydrophones. An antenna rose from the top of the floating balloon and transmitted radio signals that were audible 60 miles away. A stroboscopic light started flashing so brightly that it could be seen for 20 miles. A fluorescent dye spread over the water, making a patch of bright color to attract search aircraft. As a final touch, a shark-repelling chemical dissolved in the water. Sharks are fascinated by the recovery...