Word: compasses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Died. Lyman James Briggs, 88, director of the National Bureau of Standards from 1933 until his retirement in 1945, a physicist of scope and versatility who devised the earth inductor compass, a navigation boon that Charles Lindbergh used on his transatlantic flight, developed the centrifuge method for classifying soils by moisture content, and helped lead the U.S. into nuclear physics as chairman of the Uranium Committee (forerunner of the Manhattan Project); of a heart attack; in Washington...
...1.Happiness Is a Warm Puppy, Schulz (1) 2.Travels with Charley, Steinbeck (1) 3. The Whole Truth and Nothing But, Hopper (5) 4.The Fire Next Time, Baldwin (9) 5. O Ye Jigs & Juleps!, Hudson (4) 6. Final Verdict, St. Johns (3) 7.Silent Spring, Carson (8) 8. The Points of My Compass, White (6) 9. My Life in Court, Nizer (10) 10. The Fall of the Dynasties, Taylor...
...Points of My Compass, White...
From all the mountainous massing of material, it was Birnbaum's job to sort out and compress, to find anecdotes or facts that in a brief compass would suggest the complexity of the city and the character of his subject. And so, when this week he wrote his 22nd cover story, the story for the first time became a fully shaped article. He was not merely changing, reordering or touching up someone else's version. And as Researcher Funger double-checked his facts and figures before publication, Chicago Bureau Chief Gart was in New York helping with...
...Points of My Compass, White...