Word: predictive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...give up my memories of Long Range Forecasting Unit A, the Air Force weather unit that invaded the basement of Culbertson Hall for six months in 1943. Under Weatherman Dr. Irving P. Krick (then Major Krick), enlisted men plotted worldwide weather maps, and Krick and his forecasters endeavored to predict weather as far ahead as 30 days . . . One day, badgered (via Teletype) by Washington HQ for an overdue forecast, Krick could not get them to understand that the delay was caused by missing or unavailable data. Finally he blew up and roared, "What the hell do they think...
...equitable distribution of the limited supply and insure that records were available to the public. Nor would Federal control be a step as others have argued, toward socialized medicine. Federal authority need last only so long as the shortage prevails and the vaccine's effectiveness is in question. Manufacturers predict that an adequate supply will be available for all by August at the latest. In her own defense of the voluntary system, Mrs. Hobby has pointed out how well the voluntary administration of penicillin shots was carried out in 1952. She forgets, however, that even then Health Service officials required...
...again after a 7 % slump in the past two years. P. Lorillard and American Tobacco, with 40% of U.S. cigarette output, report first-quarter sales increases of 2% to 3%. Largely because of a big jump in filtertips (now 20% of the market), tobacco-men predict that overall cigarette sales will climb 5% above 1954's 368 billion total by year...
Also, as demonstrated by Handlin, we pour millions of dollars in foreign aid into countries which are overpopulated and where the benefit of the aid does not reach the individual. But by accepting only 1,000 from such countries, economic experts predict that these nations could stand on their own feet...
...lure him out with cheese, but kangaroo rats don't eat cheese. Hundreds of nervous technicians waited until one found out how to catch a rat. In the lonely hours between midnight and 3 a.m., Graves is still checking, between catnaps and gin rummy games. To help predict the blast effects of each atomic explosion, World War II Navy depth charges containing 2,400 Ibs. of TNT are exploded two hours and one hour before zero hour. In the morning, when Graves gives the order, eight scientists ride an elevator up the tower to the device cabin...