Word: purees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Natural Reasons. "Why do industries move South?" asks Kennedy. One cause, he admits, is "the South's natural advantages," e.g., lots of fresh, pure water, a milder climate, plenty of elbow room. Another is the South's progress toward matching New England's pools of skilled labor, its research services, its markets and facilities. "Perhaps the most important of all, the South has a much larger supply of labor, primarily from the farms . . . thus enabling employers to select the youngest and most adaptable...
...Hollywood, where for kicks he is having a one-movie fling as an actor, Author Mickey (Kiss Me, Deadly) Spillane snarled that Hollywood is "too warm in the winter," most of its movies "terrible" and most of its writers "hacks, pure hacks." As for the film version of his own I, the Jury: "I ... walked out after the first 15 minutes. It was putrid...
...American Chemical Society gave him an award in pure chemistry in 1942; he has contributed many articles to leading professional journals...
...Oregon led 38-24. In the last period, Indiana's national champions managed to draw up to within seven points, then collapsed as Schlundt himself went out on fouls. Big Swede Halbrook dashed halfway across the floor to wring Schlundt's hand-partly in tribute, partly in pure high spirits at the upset in the making. Final score: Oregon State 67, Indiana 51. Scoring by the two centers: Halbrook 21, Schlundt...
...sake" is a desirable slogan, why not "science for science's sake"? Modern scientists, whose goals are apt to be shaped by armed forces' research grants or a corporation's search for bigger & better laboratory-tested mousetraps, are diffident about performing their experiments for pure research purposes. Sir Edward Appleton, principal of the University of Edinburgh and a Nobel Prizewinner in physics, believes that "science for its own sake" is a slogan to be proud of. His thesis, as quoted in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: "Science is illuminating as well as fruitful." Says Sir Edward...