Word: visualizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...balance? Maybe. One of the doctors suggests a way to find out: 1) put a congenital deaf-mute (who has never had a normal sense of balance) in a diving suit; 2) submerge him until the buoyancy of water exactly balances gravity; 3) then give him "tasks of visual orientation" to perform...
...that they could build first-rate jets. In 1947, the first really topnotch Russian fighter, the jet MIG-15, appeared. It had a high rooster-like tail, a barrel-like fuselage, and an ancient radio antenna jutting out into the slip stream. But it had swept-back wings, quick visual proof that the Russians and their German experts had been delving deep into transsonic research. It was light and maneuverable and powered by the best existing jet engine, the Rolls-Royce Nene, which the British government sold to Russia...
...further interest to this discussion, I would also bring with me several of our models to assist me in a visual presentation of the more fascinating aspects of girlie magazines from production line to presentation to psychological reaction of the reader. Bob Harrison, Publisher...
Olmsted foresaw that the "town" would soon surround his creation, installed four cross-park driveways. A touch of inspiration led him to sink the driveways below ground-level and thus preserve the park's visual harmony. Fighting off the people who wanted to embellish the park with opera houses, race tracks, cathedrals and fire stations was more difficult but almost as successful. Today, the one notable encroacher on the park's priceless real estate is the Metropolitan Museum...
...Brattle Players advertised "an evening of comedy" last night and they weren't kidding. The combination of Christopher Fry's highly intellectual slapstick with Richard Sheridan's slightly more visual approach produces a session of very satisfactory chuckles and belly-laughs. "A Phoenix Too Frequent" and "The Critic" will play at the Brattle Theatre for two weeks...