Word: zigzags
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lesson in Zigzag. Like many another member of the Eisenhower Cabinet, Benson went into his job with his firm convictions, and then discovered that Washington had something to teach him about the kind of give-and-take that makes government function. In his first major policy statement in 1953, he said that "price supports should provide insurance against disaster" and that "inefficiency should not be subsidized in agriculture." Today, without being so doctrinaire, he says: "I have been confident all the way along that what we are doing is best for farmers. I have no interest other than that...
...White House and asked whether the action might not have been too abrupt. Then Old Soldier Eisenhower drew some lines on a piece of scratchpaper to show Old Farmer Benson that, in military action, there are two ways to reach an objective-the direct way, and by a zigzag approach. Advised Ike: try to understand the merits of the zigzag...
...Administration's 1956 farm program. Despite his opposition to high, rigid price supports, he has been willing to promise a firm 82.5% of parity on most basic crops in an effort to prevent Congress from passing a rigid 90% bill. Having learned the politic art of zigzag, he can be philosophical about it. At staff meetings, he has been heard to crack, somewhat ruefully, about "rising above principle...
...more vulnerable to enemy attack. But it has advantages. Carrying a thermonuclear warhead, it steers by the stars. An amazing little instrument picks out a succession of stars, even in daytime, and navigates by them like a ship at sea. Unlike the ICBM, the Navaho can be instructed to zigzag and feint. When the Navaho nears its target, it can feel for the warmth of a darkened city...
...Zigzag in Space. While a trip to the moon is a "possibility" in the near future because the rocket can be radio-controlled from earth, a voyage to Mars. 1,600 times as far away, would be another matter. The time lag in sending and receiving radio signals would make advice from home out of date; yet navigation would have to be even more exacting and constant than during a trip to the moon. There is no known way that its crew can determine the direction and actual speed of a rocketship traveling in space. Speed cannot be changed without...