Word: outruns
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...machines are of no use," Mumford points out, "if they are run by little men. During the last two generations, in particular, the community has been paralyzed by the fact that our material organizations have outrun our moral and intellectual capacity to make good use of them. In their technical refinement, our machines have often approached perfection; but no similar development has been visible in the education of men. On the contrary: the typical human product of our time, especially among the leaders of our society, is either a paranoid personality, warped by delusions of grandeur and an insatiable lust...
...result of this combination of rising taxes and costs has been an economic phenomenon: for the first time industrial production is going up faster than profits. In other periods of expanding business, profits have outrun production: in 1937's March quarter, when production was 28% over the corresponding period of 1936, profits rose 47%; a 20% production rise in the final quarter of 1933 boosted earnings 900%; even in 1929's first quarter a 14% rise in production lifted profits...
...their slowest ship. Submarines go about eight to ten knots submerged, 16 to 18 on the surface. The Norwegians argue that the British should mount antisubmarine guns and anti-aircraft guns on fast Norwegian ships, let them travel independently as some fast British vessels do now. They could then outrun submerged submarines, outshoot surface ones, and take their chances against air attack. > The British make each ship wait its turn to unload in British ports, regardless of cargo value and ship's speed. The Norwegians want port priorities for fast ships carrying only precious cargo...
...Greenfield jump with its eight terraces for spectators is well known. From the edge of the cement take-off to the beginning of the level outrun, there is a drop of 120 feet. On February 22, Greenfield will hold an open invitation jump. Greenfield, too, has a marvelous toboggan chute, on which 60 to 70 miles an hour have been clocked...
...There is disturbing evidence that our capacity to produce new and potentially destructive instruments of power has outrun our capacity to control and direct them for constructive social ends." Dean Donham declared. "In 1989, industry spent some $215,000,000 on pure and applied science. The job was to find new products and processes and the result was to atimulate and accelerate social change