Word: spectaculars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lengths. They no longer so onerously exploit the East Germans, who now have what is probably the best standard of living in the Communist world. Many of East Germany's vaunted economic gains are all show: the bulk of the new housing in East Berlin is on the spectacular but dead Stalinallee. And with a total automobile production last year of 36,000, East Germany still has a long way to go to catch up economically with West Germany, which produced more than 1,000,000. But it has been a year since East Germans needed ration cards...
Stanford University's linear accelerator, for which President Eisenhower is asking Congress to appropriate $100 million (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), will be the most spectacular addition yet to the growing array of instruments science has devised to probe the atom...
...some firing too," says Knudsen) and set out to redesign the Pontiac from the wheels up-and out-aiming to make it real cool by this year. His biggest change was to widen the car by 2^ in. and push the wheels out as well. The effect was spectacular. The car not only looked flashy, but also the wide-track wheels gave better balance and road ability. Equally important, says Knudsen, "it gives people something to talk about. They can see it and they can understand it." Where the average age of previous Pontiac buyers was around 45, today...
Constituents inevitably look for spectacular rather than routine results: extension of Lamont's hours leaves them cold--they want extension of parietal hours; "establishing good relations" with the dining hall administration may be valuable, but students want better food. The problem is that students simply do not understand the Council's role...
...legislative body or an advisory body representing the concensus of students. It is, rather, a means of keeping the Faculty and Administration aware of student opinion and of enabling students to have a voice in policy. Often the results will be negligible; occasionally they will be spectacular...