Word: purees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Scholarly admirers of Büchner play regard the characters as clearly symbolic. Wozzeck's master, the captain, represents authority and unfeeling philistinism; the doctor, materialism and skepticism; the drum major, aggression and sexual cruelty; Wozzeck himself is the good-man-pure-fool of medieval literature. Another composer might have tried to dress such a story in conventional musical clothes, but not Alban Berg...
Even so, Du Pont could not afford the risk if it did not keep the most rigorous control on where the research dollars go. It spends only 15% to 20% of its research budget on fundamental (i.e., "pure") research which, while unpredictable, is also productive of the biggest strikes (e.g., nylon). It concentrates most heavily on applied research - the further development of processes already known - which have now brought Orion out of the same test tubes where nylon was found. The greatest problem, says Greenewalt, is to be patient enough to carry a seemingly losing proposition for five...
...pure science [Britain] has never lost her leadership. Much of the pioneer work in atomic physics ... was done in this country between the wars. Radar, penicillin and jet engines are other familiar examples of discoveries which had their origin here ... Yet there is a great deal more we could do ... Britain is strong in research and strong in craftsmanship; she is weak in the stage between-the pilot plant stage which covers the trying out of new inventions, and the general application of scientific knowledge and method to industrial processes by men who are qualified both as scientists...
...Observer's recommendation for cashing in on British pure science: 1) more technical training in the established universities, or 2) new technical schools like the U.S.'s CalTech and M.I.T...
...Cardinals' Wilmer ("Vinegar Bend") Mizell, 20, tagged by sportwriters as "the lefthanded Dizzy Dean." In a pure corn-pone drawl, Vinegar explains his nickname: "Vinegar Bend, Mississippi [pop. about 75] is where ah gets mah mail.'' Signed as a barefoot prospect in nearby Leakesville, Miss. (pop. around 1,000) two years ago, Vinegar bounced up the Cardinal chain to Winston-Salem last year, where he won 17 games, struck out 227 batters in 207 innings. Cardinal Manager Marty Marion exults over his huge (6 ft. 3 in., 200 lbs.) pitcher: "He has the livest fast ball...