Word: use
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lagging-in science. This will not be because the American people are less educated than the Soviet people. But here every capable young person has the opportunity to develop his ability. In your country this is not so. And if a young person does not get an opportunity to use his talents, they will wither away...
...most radically modern structures. He studied photographs, the designs left by Ammannati, notes left by the head mason. Under his direction, the Arno was dammed, and the river bottom was searched for fragments left after the explosion. Studying the shards, Gizdulich deduced that the ancient masons had used special chiseling and cutting implements now unknown. Gizdulich designed similar tools and had them made by hand, taught a group of artisans to use them. The pieces of the old bridge were lovingly fitted and pieced out with new stone taken from the same Boboli Gardens quarry that Ammannati had employed. Architect...
...carrying the infection and how it spreads. Besides the newborn, the old and enfeebled are especially subject to "staph" infections; many pneumonia deaths are suspected (though not yet proved) to have been caused by staph. To fight the guilty strains of germs-which are resistant to most widely used antibiotics-doctors are trying two new antibiotics not yet released for general use, vancomycin and one developed in Japan called kanamycin...
...sharp, character-etching lines, MacLeish gets them onto the platform, which turns out to be "heaven" in a play about Job that is regularly performed there. They find the masks the regular actors use, and turn themselves into God (Mr. Zuss) and Old Nick himself. The familiar words of the Bible begin to issue from their mouths. "Whence comest thou?" asks God. "From going to and fro in the earth," Satan replies, "and from walking up and down in it . . ." But with a roar, Nickles wrenches off his Satan mask and stares at it. "Those eyes see ... They...
...biggest group) as much as $1.60 a week more in his pay envelope. Loss in Government revenues: $4 billion. ¶ Corporations can look forward to a corporate rate reduction from 52% to 50%. Government loss: $1 billion. ¶ Excise taxes, which have outlived their wartime purpose to discourage use of scarce material and transportation, are certain to be slashed. Likely targets: the manufacturers' auto excise tax, which adds $150-$200 to the cost of an auto (manufacturers say they will pass on the savings); the 3% freight transportation tax; the coal and oil transportation tax; retail taxes on such...