Word: tree
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...define empiricism, he may write indefinitely on the issue virtually without contradiction. Of course, some people are naturally conservative; they prefer to avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don't believe in going out on a limb, when they don't even know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality may be junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...
Touch-Typing Too. Next step was whole words. The machine pointed a red arrow to the first letter of the word "tree," for example, while the child located the letter "t" on the typewriter. When the letter was successfully hunted and pecked, the recorded voice murmured a confirming "t," and the arrow moved on. To make the whole thing more like a game, a colored photo of a tree stayed lighted until the child spelled the word. Words led to sentences, sentences to whole stories, and the learning-to-read process was complete...
...caper a "builder play," and have occasionally taken a licking from the same technique. The most notable builder play took place in 1932 at Agua Caliente race track in Mexico. Staged by West Coast Gamblers Baron Long and Harry Fink, it boosted the odds on a horse called Linden Tree from a logical 7 to 10 to almost 10 to 1. By betting Linden Tree heavily with U.S. bookmakers, Long and Fink made a killing...
When light divided on a storm-tossed tree...
...snowy runway to 10,000 ft. On the strip, oil drums were set alight to make a landing flare path, and New Zealand's nearby Scott Base turned on all its lights as a beacon in case of trouble. "The place is lit up like a Christmas tree," exclaimed the pilot over his radio. Down to McMurdo between jagged peaks came the Hercules, as a small group of Americans on the ice breathed tensely through frozen beards. The landing was perfect, and, while ground crewmen serviced the plane, the Salvation Army's apples were off-loaded along with...