Word: systemization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cabinet which, with a policy of half measures and a fettered military system, comes upon an adversary who, like the rude element [of war], knows no other law than that of his intrinsic strength. Every deficiency in activity and effort is then a weight on the scales in favor of the enemy. Then it is not so easy to change from the fencing posture into that of an athlete, and a slight blow is often sufficient to throw the whole to the ground...
...asked for reforms that would replace an inflexible calendar with random chance. The plan, based on a lottery principle, would start with the youngest eligible men rather than with the oldest, as at present. Men are now liable for induction between the ages of 19 and 26. The new system would reduce the seven-year twitch to one. Among men of roughly the same age, the iron rule of oldest first, even if the difference is only a few days, would be removed...
...student activists at the University of Chicago last year, Sociologist Richard Flacks found that their parents tended to be highly permissive, intellectual and well-educated; 45% were Jewish (TIME, May 3, 1968). According to Bernice Neugarten, another Chicago sociologist, many activists "seem to be carrying out the family value system [of liberalism] in ways that reflect the 1960s instead of the 1940s." She calls them "new chips off the old block...
...miraculous way in which a flat, abstract contrivance (in chess or art) can take on vitality and light: "Little by little, the pieces and squares began to come to life and exchange impressions. The crude might of the queen was transformed into refined power, restrained and directed by a system of sparkling levers; the pawns grew cleverer; the knights stepped forth with a Spanish caracole . . . Every creator is a plotter; and all the pieces impersonating his ideas on the board were here as conspirators and sorcerers...
...object of their affection turned out to be fatally fickle. Because of Corvair's heavy tail and its unique rear suspension system, critics charged that its rear wheels sometimes "tucked under" on corners, causing an alarming tendency for the car to roll over. The car was also vulnerable to side winds that caused unexpected sashays on the road. A redesign of the rear axle and other modifications fixed those failings in 1964. More than 150 lawsuits were filed for more than $25 million in damages...