Word: see-sawed
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...there; this year's second (November) issue is better looking than the first and, on the whole, better written. In time the magazine may establish itself as a respected forum for articulate student discussion of political problems. articles of the quality of Christopher Z. Hobson's "Two For the See-Saw" will certainly help it make the grade...
Unfortunately, Mr. Hobson has chosen to rest his case on a metaphor suggested by Professor Charles Osgood of the University of Illinois. Osgood describes the actions of two men standing on either side of a see-saw. When one takes a step backward, the other is obliged to do likewise to preserve the equilibrium of the system. As the two men continue to move backward to the ends of the see-saw, the board on which they are standing strains to the cracking point, and the balance becomes more precarious...
...much better it would be if one man took the initiative to move forward, toward the center of the see-saw. His opponent would then be obliged to respond in kind to preserve equilibrium. Progressive movement toward the center, says Osgood, would lesson the tension on the board and minimize the effect of a single wrong step. And so it would. Osgood's teeter-totter tale is sound physics. It is not very good practical politics...
...rough, see-saw 70-minute battle, Williams tied the varsity lacrosse team 10-10 yesterday. What's more, they fought back from a 7-3 deficit...
Crimson sailors wound up only six points behind winning Princeton, but could manage only a fourth place finish in a field of 11 in a see-saw version of M.I.T.'s Owen Trophy Regatta held on the Charles River Basin last weekend...