Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...theory is thus neither true nor false; it simply works or it doesn't. Now it is true that many scientists (including myself) believe that their theories closely approximate or correspond to "reality," but this is an act of faith, for no "proof" can be adduced for or against it. Scientific beliefs can conflict with religious beliefs, but the large number of modified or even discarded scientific theories should serve as a useful warning relating to Dr. Van Ness's pronouncement. We should be very careful about junking our deep, personal religious committals because of certain presently held...
...ades. The force that Kennedy saluted and wooed, that De Gaulle contemplated with "joy," and Khrushchev regards with fury is, in fact, a New Europe-proof of the Continent's ability always to find in the ashes of its destruction the foundation for new triumph. After the moral and material devastation of World War II, perhaps the worst since the Black Death, Europe once again rose up with a new façade, new customs, a thriving culture, and a booming new prosperity that has made it the industrial rival of the two great powers. On the following twelve...
...heat of the Commonwealth controversy, few Britons recall that its sacrosanct trade ties started as a marriage of convenience-and have lately proved increasingly inconvenient. Since the 1880s, British politicians have dreamed of the Empire as a competition-proof common market that would forever absorb British manufactured goods and supply cheap raw materials in exchange. But it never worked that way. In 1962, as Richard Cobden protested in the early 19th century, the Commonwealth is, in purely economic terms, "but a gorgeous and ponderous appendage to swell our ostensible grandeur without improving our balance of trade...
...cannot be taken for granted," Dr. Master told the American Medical Association, "as many physicians and lay persons do, that lowering the blood cholesterol will reduce the incidence and mortality of coronary disease and coronary thrombosis. There is as yet no proof that a diet low in saturated fats, or a drop in the blood cholesterol, will prevent or in fluence coronary disease." Although the medical profession cannot yet make up its collective mind on these matters, Dr. Master gave much credit for pioneer research to Dr. Ancel Keys (TIME cover, Jan. 13, 1961) and the late Dr. Norman Jolliffe...
While Financial Whiz Kid Edward M. Gilbert, 38, pondered his sudden flunkout in extradition-proof Brazil, a posse of creditors tried to corral what was left of the fortune he supposedly amassed as president of the E. L. Bruce hardwood flooring firm. All they got was splinters. The Government hit him with a $3,464,472 tax lien, but there was no cash in his bank accounts. Bruce thought it had a lock on the goodies in his Fifth Avenue flat, but aside from the underwear, not much had been paid for. Most of his $524,635 art collection...