Word: compresses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dazzling ode to the birds, Warren manages to compress a poetic epitaph for Audubon as well as a capsule apologia for the endlessly seeking, destroying and atoning destiny of all artists, of man himself...
...four-month-old son Theo received multiple skull fractures when his carriage was slammed into the side of a New York City bus by a taxi. The child's injuries resulted in hydrocephalus, a condition in which fluid accumulation causes the skull to enlarge and the brain to compress...
...then play them off again with high fidelity-has long seemed insoluble. Last week, however, a man came forward who seems to have solved the puzzle. He is not an engineer but a bassoonist named Peter Scheiber who lives in Rochester, N.Y. He uses a coding system to compress four sound channels into two, overlays them on tracks in either disk or tape, and then retrieves them again...
...four-quarter plan for year-round schooling, the first to be adopted by an American city since the 1930s. The flexible scheme will allow them to choose any quarter they like for their vacation, or to attend all year without interruption. High-schoolers in a hurry can compress five years of studies into 45 months by taking extra quarters. Slow learners can use summer lessons to make up failed courses, take their time mastering subjects difficult for them, without dropping a year behind their class. Scholars interested in improving their prospects for entering college can broaden and deepen their education...
...only the loud, quick-reaction people are able to interpose their views. A quick reaction is of necessity a shallow, one-dimensional reaction. Furthermore, once interruption is admitted and allowed, no speaker is about to develop an idea (support it solidly and investigate its implications), but instead must compress his thought into slogan. Thus depth is sacrificed by the Collins system, and investigating a question in depth is the essence of academic inquiry. A lecturer, confident that he can develop a subject for a considerable length of time, has the opportunity to explore that subject in depth and usually does...