Word: similarly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ledgers of bookkeepers. Both used the same kind of numerals (e.g., a vertical line for 1, a horizontal line for 10, a circle for 100), and these would have to be combined with signs meaning "cumulative total," "subtotal," or "amount owed." Furthermore, certain signs in both scripts were similar. In the Linear A word ĵŦ∋+, for instance, Gordon knew (from Linear B) that the sign ‡ could be pronounced to, the sign '4, lo or ro. That still left two unknowns, which Gordon called Y and X. The big question: Could he find out what the word...
...expense of an old friend's widow. And last week there was Beck's heir apparent, Teamsters' Central Conference Boss Jimmy Hoffa, who was unable to "recollect" teaming with a union-busting racketeer to defeat the work of his own union. Beck, Hoffa and dozens of similar stripe were precious poor exhibits for Peter McGuire's better age and more chivalrous time...
...Douglas Aircraft will also be lengthened. ¶ The Air Force canceled a $100 million flight-research project with Republic Aviation on Republic's XF-103 jet interceptor. Selecting its weapons, the Air Force announced a new contract with North American Aviation for a new air-to-surface missile similar to the 6-47's Rascal...
...most spectacular Japanese style buildings in the U.S. is New York's Motel on the Mountain, conceived by the gifted Japanese architect Junzo Yoshimura and largely executed by the energetic young architects Steinhardt & Thompson. Delicately poised on top of a mountain (which Yoshimura found similar to the settings of Japanese country inns), the motel is a complex of 14 buildings joined by covered walks. It has overhanging, many-levelled roofs, exposed beams, balconies and graceful stilts. Nearby are swimming pool, pond and a lake landscaped in Japanese style. Inside, the private rooms are furnished with an eye to simplicity...
...Papanicolaou smears" and similar cancer tests based on examination of cells from suspected disease sites, specially trained technicians have to examine the slides, pass the doubtful ones on to pathologists for further expert scrutiny. Such technicians are scarce. To get around this, the University of Tennessee in Memphis is experimenting with an electronic-eye "cyto-analyzer" that, it is hoped, will pick out the obvious negatives, leave truly suspicious slides for the pathologists to check...