Word: repeatability
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Draft Doumergue!" urged many of the President's advisers. Seemingly, popular ex-President Gaston ("Gastounet") Doumergue was not unwilling to be drafted. Writing coyly from retirement in L'lntransigeant last week he said: "I repeat only what I hear repeated by good folk as they labor in our countryside. . . . Our good people believe-and they are right-that there is a sufficient number of talented men in Parliament to carry the nation through the present, and even through more difficult times. But these talented men must first come to an understanding...
...repeat, impossible conditions," growled General Litzmann. ". . . Meanwhile the distress of the times has grown so keen that in Berlin 193 persons committed suicide in October!" Interrupted another Red, "Ja, 193 persons-but not one pensioned general...
...initial contest of the season Coach Bob Muir's Freshman swimming team will meet the M.I.T. yearlings this afternoon in the Indoor Athletic Building pool at 3.30 o'clock. Muir has been grooming his men all week for this first match, and he hopes to repeat his victory of last year over the Engineers. Although but two of his squad have ever had any outside competitive experience, there is a wealth of material on hand, and Muir is planning to use as many as he can today to give them some experience...
...empowered "to punish all misdemeanors--either by fine, or whipping in the hall openly, as the nature of the offence shall require, not exceeding ten shillings, or ten stripes for one offenses." Until 1734, the flogging often took place in public. Some of the early fines were: neglecting to repeat the sermon, 9d; going out of college without proper costume, 6d; and frequenting taverns, not over 1s., 6d. Opening doors by picklocks was also an offense...
...five single digit numbers in 1/1000th of a second, six single digits in 1/660th of a second. In one second he can scan a dozen two-digit numbers and call out the total. He can glance at a twelve-digit number, as 122,432,523,591, and repeat it 24 hours later. He attributes his speed and accuracy to "swift perception, long memory span, fluent associations, concentration, imagery." The number 9,836, for example, means to him 90 squared, plus 40 squared, plus 10 squared, plus six squared. He remembers 543 because 1543 is the date of Copernicus' death...