Word: vastness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...resemble Democrats, and Democrats who resemble Republicans. New Jersey's liberal Republican Clifford Case and Delaware's conservative Democrat Allen Frear are examples of this trend. Exceptional were the victories of Illinois' Paul Douglas and Oregon's Richard Neuberger in fights where there was a vast ideological difference between the candidates. Studying the returns, Political Analyst Samuel Lubell concluded that candidates are try ing harder than ever to find and adjust to the central sentiments of their constituencies. If they continue to succeed, as they did in 1954. there may be more and more close races...
Professor Wolfe believes that radioactive elements (e.g., uranium and thorium) in the deep rocks gradually release heat. Since rocks are poor heat conductors, the heat cannot easily escape. After millions of years, the temperature rises until a vast blister of hot, expanded rock has formed. If it works its way to the surface, or if cracks appear, the hot rock may liquefy and escape as a volcanic explosion or a quiet outflow of lava...
...sponge stage now necessary in titanium refining, National Research expects to turn out highly purified metal crystals that can then be melted down into solid metal. If the idea pans out it should cut the cost of titanium (now $5 a lb.) enough so that it will find a vast number of new uses...
Although many students live outside the University area, and few graduates are familiar with the work that occupies the vast bulk of their colleagues' time, there is an unusual spirit of warmth and unity among the graduates eating in the Harkness Commons or relaxing in the Graduate lounges. It is not the warmth of the House dinning hall or the undergraduate student activity, but the warmth of men and their neighbors...
...American corporation, not out of its weakness but out of its strength, has begun to limit its vast power in conformity with "public opinion," with its managers' interpretation of "the ancient problem of 'the good life.' " This corporation with its highly imperfect corporate conscience is the great political fact of the modern world. Berle is not complacent about the state of the corporate conscience. But he knows that the corporation is not "soulless," as a past generation said it was. The corporation has tasted power; it can, therefore, be politically damned or it can be politically saved...