Word: precisionism
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An idea which Woodworth took from Whitehead dealt with the educational process. Whitehead wrote that "culture is activity of thought, and receptiveness to beauty, and humane feeling." Woodworth said that this "trilogy of virtues should be [the student's] deepest concern." He also stressed, as had Whitehead, that learning must...
Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy '54 and his precision-perfect organization swept the endorsement for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts Attorney-General Edward J. McCormack Jr., but McCormack, charging "White House pressure" and "Federal arm-twisting," withdrew halfway through the first ballot and vowed to "take my case to the people" in...
In the desolation following Japan's defeat, Mitarai scrambled around for capital, wheedled rationed materials for his production line, drummed into his workers the necessity for finely ground lenses and precision parts. Looking for markets, he persuaded the U.S. Occupation forces to stock Canons in post exchanges and ships...
It works for the Librascope Division of General Precision. Inc., in Glendale, Calif.
Changed Concept? Besides drawing a precision map of the solar system, Dr. Lowther's artificial planet may get a crack at even more interesting jobs. Since its orbit will be slightly but measurably disturbed by the gravitational attraction of all the other passing planets, its waverings can be used...