Word: research
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...somewhat visionary or even fanciful approach to the future as well as a conventional one." New approaches to knowledge are as out of this world as the moon itself. Its airless environment and its fantastic temperature range make an ideal laboratory for high-vacuum and cryogenic (refrigerants) research; the vast amounts of solar energy, if properly harnessed on the moon, might be used to affect or control the earth's weather...
...National Science Foundation yesterday added $172,000 to the funds Richard M. Goody, professor of Meteorology, will use for research in atmospheric physics. Goody has also received $100,000 from the Ford Foundation and $20,000 from the Research Corporation of New York...
...study of the physics of the atmosphere has declined in the past few years, Goody said last Monday. He attributed his success in raising funds for his research project to a desire on the part of many scientists to see this currently-neglected field revived...
...money will pay for new equipment Goody intends to use in his studies, and the Ford Foundation Grant will finance a series of pre-doctoral fellowships in the field. The Research Corporation funds will cover incidental expenses...
Christopher T. Bayley '60, president of the HYRC, suggested last night that the HEC has become "a Republican entity" devoted to political education. Since it drifted away from its original function of supporting the President's 1956 election, the Eisenhower Club's activities have included taking preference polls, voter research projects, campaign work, and endorsing candidates...