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...happen that the ape who eventually developed the superintelligence was the one who in the beginning didn't have the sense to stay in the forests where he had adequate food and protection? If the ape-man became hairless so he could outrun his prey, why didn't the animals who outran the ape-man to escape him become hairless in the same process? Why should the ape-man evolve into a two-legged animal as a result of trying to run faster while the fleetest members of the animal kingdom remained quadrupeds? The answer is found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 9, 1968 | 2/9/1968 | See Source »

...Beebe insisted: "I wouldn't allow my students to use a study guide to Judgment Day written by St. Peter himself." Since then, Beebe has written two trots, and dozens of other top scholars are now turning them out. Their reasoning seems to be that if they cannot outrun the ponies, they may as well ride them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Professors: Riding the Ponies | 1/26/1968 | See Source »

...Congress and the President are not yet as badly stalemated as they were during John F. Kennedy's last days, but they are rapidly approaching that point. The Great Society is sputtering along in low gear because, as one Administration official put it, "the governmental structure has outrun the funds." Rumors of wholesale resignations are making the rounds in Washington in the wake of Robert Mc-Namara's decision to quit the Defense Department. United Nations Ambassador Arthur Goldberg is expected to depart within a few months; Labor Secretary Willard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Administration: Mood Indigo | 12/15/1967 | See Source »

...rank and file-the average $4.81 an hour in wages and benefits Ford workers now get will rise by about $1 during the next three years, starting off with an immediate -age jump of 20? an hour. At around 7% overall, the new package seemed sure to outrun the 5% increase-6.6% including subsequent cost-of-living adjustments-that the U.A.W...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Settlement at Ford | 10/27/1967 | See Source »

...year, however. Musick has put together a much quicker defensive line. He switched his 250-pound defensive end Tom Diehl to tackle and put a halfback at the defensive end spot. As a result of such maneuverings. Musick has put together a mobile team--not so quick as to outrun the Harvard offensive line, but certainly effective enough to stifle Princeton and Tiger tailback Bob Weber (10 tries, 23 yards...

Author: By Boisfeuillet JONES Jr., | Title: Why No Long Drives? Don't Blame the Line | 10/19/1967 | See Source »

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