Word: similarities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With Smith hitting from the bucket on sneaks behind Adams, and Steve Davis and Walt McCurdy contributing from the outside, the Varsity started coordinating a bit better as the clock was running out. But the jitters, similar to those of previous games, came back in the last two minutes and settled any chances of victory...
...consistent use of his wits. His fellow pros say that he doesn't play greens-"he thinks them." Before every tee shot, he selects the exact spot where he wants his ball to stop rolling; he expects to come very close. From each of his clubs he exacts similar standard ranges (see chart). Between shots, as he walks briskly along the fairway, Hogan's mind is working ahead. Heading for a second shot on one hole, he will crane to see where the pin has been spotted on a nearby green still to be played (pins are moved...
...present problems. Ordinary bombs released from the bomb bay would merely follow along the orbit like smaller satellites. They would have to be shot downward to increase their falling rate and allow them to catch up with the curving surface of the earth. Shooting them backward would have a similar effect. If they were shot backward at a speed equal to the satellite's forward speed on its orbit, they would stand still in space for an instant. Then they would fall vertically toward the earth. The whole satellite could be brought down on a target in either...
Attempts to control the minds of educators and young men are ominously similar to Hitler's tactics in Germany, Mather said. He cited the case of a faculty member in Evansville College, Evansville, Indiana, who was dismissed because he and served as the chairman of a Wallace rally. Such actions put a cloud of fear over university teachers which prevents them from expressing their real opinions or associating with any persons who might be suspicious...
Lyons urged that colleges and schools establish programs similar to Dartmouth's "Great Issues" course so that students could be taught to recognize slanted news writing...