Word: worth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...weights and measures on the metric system, Nehru's government chose to inaugurate a new decimal coinage. In place of the rupee (20?), anna (1/16 rupee) and pie (1/12 anna) of the past, the new money will consist solely of rupees and naye paise (literally: new coins) worth .01 rupees. The trouble is that for three years both sets of coins will be used at once, and since there is not always a way of translating pies or annas into a precise number of naye paise, the government has had to decree a system of what parimutuel bettors call...
...merriment of Birmingham reporters, announced that all of Alabama's National Guard helicopters were available for the asking to President Eisenhower for "golfing, fishing, hunting or whatever else he might need them for." Explained Folsom to his predominantly Democratic constituents: "[Ike's] health, time and welfare are worth more to the people of Alabama than all the helicopters in the world...
...Crowd. Khachaturian, 53, was even bolder. In a blistering statement he denounced Western avant-gardism, but went on to enthusiastic praise for an unregenerate formalist, Hungary's late Bela Bartok. Continued Khachaturian: "The seeking and daring artist is worth more than the well-trained craftsman who blindly copies . . . the great past masters." What added to his statement's interest was a list of young Soviet composers Khachaturian considers promising. This gave the West virtually its first glimpse of an almost unknown younger generation of composers. Among them: ¶Boris Tchaikovsky, 31, whose Slavic Rhapsody for Orchestra has stirred...
...this allegation refers to the findings of the A.E.C. Personnel Security Board which in 1954 denied Dr. Oppenheimer security clearance. One of the counts against him in the majority opinion found his moral character defective because in one instance he had lied to the security officers.... Nevertheless, it is worth recalling the nature and circumstances of the incident. Dr. Oppenheimer was approached by a friend, Prof. Haakon Chevalier, while he was director of the atomic research program at Los Alamos, who suggested that it might be a good idea to keep our Russian allies abreast of the progress...
Although in quality these plays ranged from the verbal and visual excellence of Finnegans Wake to the dull pomposity of the Princeton effort, they all have one thing in common: none of them are easily comprehensible. Whether the difficulty involved in unraveling these plays is worth the effort must, in the end, be left to the taste, or perhaps the curiosity, of each individual member of the audience...