Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Leighton said he thought no matter what "dream castles" there might be in the architectural stages, his most important task at the present was to "make use of the resources Dudley has now, to justify the faith put in it when it was incorporated in the Program for Harvard College...
...Section of Widener, rendered exotic by its wire barriers and fabled contents, has long been of interest to certain elements of the Harvard population. To those who know, however, the "Cage," as it is affectionately called, is not as fascinating as generations of undergraduates have generally thought...
...reversal of that gesture-not reality drowned but imagination borne upon the stream. The energy of Korin's brush reflects the lightning lift and speed of human imagination, which is capable of almost anything, even of riding on the back of a fish. His art also mirrors Taoist thought, which regards "everything as destroyed and everything as in completion . . . reaching security through chaos.'' Asked where he had got this idea, the sage Nu Yu replied: "I learned it from the Son of Ink. The Son of Ink learned it from the Grandson of Learning. The Grandson...
...collide at very high speed, the energy transfer may be as low as 10%. One explanation of this behavior is based on the relativistic principle that objects moving at extremely high speed become foreshortened in the direction of their motion. Particles that are essentially spheres at low speed are thought to turn into thin disks as they closely approach the speed of light. When two of these speeding disks collide broadside on, they pass through each other in so short a time that they cannot exchange much energy. Dr. Schein's balloon-borne plates may confirm or demolish this...
...send out samples of its Scotch tape products, while Seattle's Simpson Timber Co. will content itself-and many a housewife-with a box of Christmas wreaths and greens. Dozens of others will cut it out altogether. The Bank of America is just sending cards-after all, the thought is what counts. Some, like Magnolia Petroleum Co.. will pass even that token...