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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Faubus' success was due both to his political genius and to the vast economic resources of W. R. ("Witt") Stevens, one of the all-time great back-room boys, and Arkansas' political eminence grise. Both Faubus and Stevens are masters of the possible--Faubus slipped only once, on the issue that made his national reputation, and Stevens has never slipped (not even in the bath-tub, they say). Like Faubus, Stevens rose to power from backwoods obscurity, and the two men were influential in making each other's fortunes. Stevens has financed Faubus' career, while Faubus has consistently done...

Author: By Michael W. Schwartz, | Title: Arkansas: Colorful Politics | 4/17/1962 | See Source »

...real erotic beauty of Model Marola Witt will be as anonymous as ever after TIME'S microscopic photograph of her [Dec. 22]. We susceptible men see the girl-goddess inside all those high-fashion cetups. We don't overlook her familiar long finders. !- n;j le^s, sleek brows, tiny nose, and hoyden's smile. REID GARDNER JR. Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 29, 1961 | 12/29/1961 | See Source »

...have not tried to duplicate the neural networks of the human brain," says Richard Witt, 35, chief of advanced development for Raytheon's communication and data-processing operation. "Rather, we have duplicated the human learning process-experience, trial and error, correlation of new facts with past experience." The Cybertron K-ioo gets some outside help: it is equipped with a "goof button," which a human tutor presses whenever the machine makes a mistake. Accepting this advice stolidly, the Cybertron thereafter does not repeat the error...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Goof Button | 8/18/1961 | See Source »

...from those bounced off a porpoise, the ocean floor, or schools of fish. Even an ordinary computer could solve the same problem, but only after a tedious programing telling it exactly how. The Cybertron was merely fed a variety of sounds -several thousand-and after some diligent work by Witt on the goof button, it soon learned to discriminate infallibly. The Cybertron responds by flashing lights on its console, can give not only "yes" (the submarine) and "no" (the porpoise) answers but a broad variety of "maybes" (sounds like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Goof Button | 8/18/1961 | See Source »

...Malin's second-half goals was meant to be a pass to Tadhg Sweeney, about the ball bounced over Columbia Stew Witt's head for a score. Malin notched another on a mis-kick that drew Witt out onto the treacherous clay, where he fell as the ball rolled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer Squad Tops Lions, 7-3; Malin Leads Crimson's Scorers | 10/17/1960 | See Source »

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