Word: subtractions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...politicians from other parties have joined the colonels since their coup. Most refer to them as steno-kephalos, or narrow heads. Athens wits insist that Nikolaos Makarezos was selected to oversee the economy as Minister of Coordination because he was the colonel who knew how to add and subtract. Retired diplomat and Nobel laureate Georges S. Seferiades laments the "state of enforced torpor." But out in the stony, sun-washed countryside beyond Athens, the colonels' austerities are better received...
Essential Gesture. Each cast comes off after about 20 minutes. By slopping on water, Segal can rework the cast days or months later. "Originally, I thought casting would be fast and direct, like photography, but I found that I had to rework every square inch. I add or subtract detail, create a flow or break up an area by working with creases and angles. I'm shaping forms...
...situation freshly and begin to test men at age 40 for changes that may interfere with their ability to do their jobs. There are, he suggests, several uncomplicated psychological and mental tests for this purpose. As a sample he noted one of the simplest: ask a man to subtract seven from 100, then seven from the remainder, and so on. "It's amazing," said Dr. Wright, "how many people...
Ribicoff's plan would allow parents of college students to subtract a maximum of $325 from the income tax. The credit would amount to 75 per cent of the first $200 paid for an education, 25 per cent of the next $300, and 10 per cent of the next $1,000. The credits to very well-healed parents would be less -- reduced $1 for every $100 earned in excess of $25,000 a year. This means that anyone making more than $57,500 annually would be ineligible...
Johnny doesn't add very well. According to results of a major survey of math instruction in twelve nations* released last week, the U.S. is startlingly remiss in teaching its children how to add, subtract or solve calculus problems. Despite U.S. prestige as the world's leading technological power, American 13-year-olds ranked a low eleventh in their understanding of math-outscoring only children from Sweden, and lagging well behind those from Japan...