Word: vastness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scarcely less thorough than Mohammed's, and resting on the belief that images of God or of holy persons begot idolatry by distracting attention from the essence of the Godhead to the superficialities of concrete appearance. Today, the issue is only a minor one among Christians, but the vast majority of Moslems still take very seriously the Mosaic rule against graven images; they are especially incensed by statues of religious leaders, and, among these, a statue of Mohammed would be especially offensive...
Head-Scratching Time. At 9:30 that night, 50 men meet with Graves for 45 minutes. More detailed weather maps and the latest weather reports are presented. The product of a battery of electronic calculating machines, which have been fed a vast assortment of statistics on weather, explosive force and other factors, are produced for digestion and decision. Each key man in the room gives his opinion. Then Graves turns to eight top-level scientists in the first row-among them ballistic experts, meteorologists and health physicists. "They usually mumble that they believe we should go," says Graves. "Then...
When corruption was rife, when top officials piled up vast fortunes in unexplained transactions, when officers defected, Chiang instinctively turned his thoughts inward to reproach himself for failure to inspire with his own standards. After his final retreat to Formosa, he told the National Assembly: "I must put the blame on myself . . . The disastrous military reverses on the mainland were not due to the overwhelming strength of the Communists, but due to the organizational collapse, loose discipline and low spirits of the party members...
...suggestion for extension of the principle is the Northeastern Regional Library. With the cooperation of Ivy Universities, MIT, and New York Public Library a program similar to the Deposit library could effect vast economies both by eliminating duplication and providing cheap storage for large sections of University collections...
Nurse for the Patient. The only casualty in Darwin's struggle was Darwin himself. His ailments included "weakness, fatigue, headache, insomnia, sinking feelings and dizziness." Actually, sickness was a vast help to him. "A half-hour's conversation with a stranger could give him a sleepless night"-so Darwin happily avoided strangers. "An hour in church could produce dizziness and nausea"-so Darwin had time for his barnacles even on Sundays. He paid tribute to the very heaviest tomes by reclining in a chair to read them with numerous cushions under him. As this made his legs uncomfortable...