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...Graham Bell and Elisha Gray both discovered the possibility of voice transmission, but Gray ignored the potential of the telephone in the erroneous belief that telegraphy would remain the dominant means of communication. In the early 1950s, technicians used the newly invented transistor simply as a substitute for bulky vacuum tubes. Only later did designers realize that the transistor could revolutionize electrical engineering by providing a tiny, universal electronic component that could be organized into integrated circuits and programmed to perform millions of different tasks...
Patterson and Sociology Head Tutor James A. Davis argued that Social Studies studied classical Western social theorists in a vacuum, without regard for contemporary issues. At the same time, some Social Studies affiliates defended their approach against what they saw as an overly quantitative emphasis in recent Sociology appointments...
...opportunities constrict, the impulse to blame other racial groups can become overwhelming -- and the temptation to exploit such resentments can become irresistible to some unscrupulous leaders. When elected officials fail to provide effective leadership, says Moss, "the street merchants of hate move into the vacuum." Last week Dinkins mused about his role in repairing the cracks in New York's gorgeous mosaic. Said he: "No one ever knows if one has done enough." That realization could be the start of doing something more...
...baffling the grader or by fencing with him but like this: "It is absurd to discuss whether Hume is representative of the age in which he lived unless we note the progress of that age on all intellectual fronts. After all Hume did not live in a vacuum...
...this vacuum that Hartman seeks to fill. The core problem, as he sees it, is biblically based. "The Bible is full of passion, zealousness and extremism," says Hartman. "You don't learn tolerance there. Joshua didn't convene an international peace conference. He just drove the pagans out. We must find a different way. Our task is to become rooted in the land without having to repudiate those who are religiously and ideologically different...