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Contrary to the President's hopes, lobbying in the Eighty-First Congress has been vigorous. Strong pressure groups have opposed extention of rent control, fought pending action on labor legislation, and skirmished heatedly in the recent issue of national health insurance. Congressmen react varyingly to these outside influences. Nevertheless there appears to be considerable feeling in Washington that the present lobby law, placed on the books three years ago, has reached the change of life and is now becoming impotent. This law requires registration of lobbyists and imposes heavy fines on those who fail to comply. Difficulty has arisen, however...
...compete with the opponent on the same wave length. This is not very effective, for the human ear can hear a human voice through noise of greater intensity. A better technique is to broadcast on a wavelength slightly different from the opponent's. The two waves react on one another. The result of this collaboration is a squealing "beat," part of whose ear-whacking energy comes from each wave. Still better is the technique of varying the frequency of the jamming wave so that it straddles the opponent's. This produces a loud, pulsating whistle. The Russians superimpose...
Assistant Professor Paul M. Doty works on the biggest molecules of them all, proteins--huge, rambling networks that often contain over 50,000 atoms. Doty studies how they react and interact, and his experiments lead close to the question of the nature of life...
Rugger differs from American football in that the ball is constantly in motion unless a penalty is called and there are no regular plays. Because the action is fluid the coach can't influence actual playing, and the experienced player who can react to a certain situation in the right way will win the game...
...trouble is, says Korzybski, that men too often get the steps of this process mixed up. They speak before observing, then react to their own. verbalization as if it were the fact itself. They confuse what is "inside-the-skin" with external reality. They say "the leaf is green," without realizing that the greenness is within them...