Word: yardsticks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hershey has emphasized many times that the criteris are a flexible yardstick and that the standards may be raised any time deemed necessary to fill manpower requirements...
...Atomic Yardstick. For Civil Defense groups, the Magnex Corp. of New York put on the market an Atometer, a 1-oz. vial for testing atomic radiation. When exposed to gamma rays, the chemical in the vial changes color, thus permits defense workers to judge accurately the amount of radiation in the air. Price...
...estimates, the chief yardstick used by farmers and grainmen to gauge future commodity prices, were received with some skepticism. There have been too many mistakes before in the department's arithmetic. The real skeptics were the cotton farmers. Last year the board's estimate of their crop was more than 2 million bales too high. Result: U.S. cotton farmers sold their crops in a falling market, according to Congressional investigators lost $125 million by selling before the short crop came in and prices rose...
...down through the 13th, Ward got hold of himself. He began shooting some of the most dazzling golf of his life, four under even fours-the golfer's yardstick of excellence-for the next 14 holes. The spurt stopped Stranahan, who was still not playing the game that made him the world's top amateur. Ward, who wistfully "always wanted to play in this tournament," won it on his first try, 6 up and 5 to play...
...Soviets appear to be quite appreciative of this revolutionary prospect . . . It is reasonable to presume that their important targets will be heavily defended by these missiles. How will the B-47 fare against such a defense? The time has come for us to adopt another yardstick for measuring air power than the air group. We must plan for the impact of guided-missile warfare...