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Curricular Daiquiri. Elsewhere in the book, X resourcefully solves many of democracy's thorniest problems. For example...
...week's end, even the thorniest conflict-of-interest problem facing Nixon's extraordinarily affluent Cabinet seemed to have been resolved to the Senate's satisfaction. As for Hickel, the Senators kept their prehearing promise of teaching the Alaskan millionaire exactly what was expected of him in his national post...
With that observation in mind, McCracken will probably emphasize the utilization of adjustments in the money supply to stimulate or restrain the economy. One of his thorniest economic problems, of course, will be inflation. Any concerted drive to stop the price spiral would involve deflationary steps that could increase unemployment. McCracken would probably be willing to see the jobless rate rise slightly above the current 3.6% in order to cool the feverish economy. But he is unlikely to tolerate the 5%-plus rate that some economists and businessmen think is nec essary. In a recent speech, he noted that...
...thorniest problem is the eye; for in order to analyze a visual scene a great deal of knowledge about the physical world is needed--knowledge that computers have barely begun to acquire. The method used here is to scan with a camera a scene containing light object on a dark table. The varying light intensity is expressed as logarithms which direct successive scans until a fairly sharp idea of the objects' boundaries are obtained. After many steps an accurate two-dimensional mapping of the scene is completed and translation into three-dimensional models begins. Knowledge from many levels must interact...
...disturbed me. The racist, hate-oriented and obscurantist flavor of his political stand has always offended me. The appeal of his ceaseless efforts to assail the "pseudointellectual" elements in our nation has particularly concerned me. The social, economic, political and technological problems we face are among the thorniest and most complex that have ever confronted us. They require intellect for solution. But George Wallace vilifies intellect and inevitably links it with subversive interests...