Word: perform
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...understand the basic concept being taught, so the computer goes back over previous drills. On the other hand, if he touches ban, he gets remedial exercises in initial sounds. Unlike a human teacher, the computer keeps abreast of the student, holds his attention, never gives up, pushes him to perform at his best. At any moment, the computer is giving its whole attention to only one student, but it works instantaneously on a "shared-time" basis and easily covers all 16 students at once...
...Frenchmen who may not like the carbonated Perrier or the somewhat sulphuric Vichy, there is still Evian (454 million bottles) or Vittel (335 million) to irrigate their kidneys, soothe their livers, relieve their gout and perform all the other cures ascribed in France to mineral water. And if they remain thirsty, there is always wine, which still outsells mineral water 3 to 1 in France...
Defense officials believe that 85% of the reclassified draftees will eventually graduate from basic training; they will not only be able to perform about one-third of the military jobs now held by others, but will be trained in skills that later can be useful in civilian life. Mc Namara intends to use the resources of the Defense Department's own educational system, the world's largest, to train the men for all the services. He also suggested a complete re-examination of the whole concept of aptitude tests, saying that there is "ample evidence" that some...
...world's largest mortgage banking facility by buying $15.7 billion of loans to finance 1,586,000 homes and apartments. Basically, it aims to lend heavily when home loans are scarce, sell part of its portfolio to private lenders when funds are plentiful. So well does the agency perform this balance-wheel job that private mortgage men consider it indispensable. Precisely because of Fannie Mae's high standing in the financial community, Congress often gives it unsought extra duties handling programs of dubious soundness. This year Fannie Mae has become the conduit to unload assorted government-owned financial...
...December 29. In honor of the anniversary, this year's festival has one of the most stellar lineups in its history. Violinists Alexander Schneider and David Oistrakh returned after several years' absence; Pianists Rudolf Serkin, Wilhelm Kempff and Julius Katchen took leave from crowded schedules to perform. It was a sentimental journey tinged with apprehension. "When a musician is almost 90," explained Katchen, "one may legitimately worry about how he is going to play...