Word: interactionalism
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...method of propulsion is basically similar in the two systems. In both cases the train effectively rides on an electromagnetic wave. Alternating the current in a set of magnets in the guideway changes their polarity and thus the way they interact with the magnets on the train. As a result, the train is alternately pushed and pulled along. Raising the frequency of the current speeds up the movement. Says Kenji Fujie, chief engineer of JR's maglev laboratory: "We can run it beyond 1,000 k.p.h. ((620 m.p.h.)), theoretically...
...matter how creative the entertainment, however, the children find it hard to keep going, going, going as they head into the final stretch late each afternoon. "For ten hours a day, these kids have to interact with about 20 or 30 kids," says Katie Humes, who takes care of the children at day care. "Imagine if we adults had to constantly be trying to get along with that many people. And then some parents come expecting to take their kid to gymnastics or some other lesson. And they wonder why the child is crying. It can all be too much...
...benefits extended far beyond my time at the Kennedy School," Bogg says. "It's given me an opportunity to interact with experts around the country to ask for advice. The contacts were very important...
Bernard Fulton '91, who recently pledged KAP, described the period of being `on line' as a time when, "you only interact on a social level with the brothers...
Although the Saturday program makes it possible for Cambridge students to interact closely with Harvard undergraduates outside of the school system and provides experienced dancers, it has also has some drawbacks, organizers say. In particular, the program encountered difficulties this year in the areas of getting the children to show up and finding a space to work...