Word: lots
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...against Syracuse. His presence had converted the Philadelphia Warriors from a listless also-ran into a major power headed for championship contention. With his 41 points, he picked off 40 rebounds against Syracuse, and when his opponents left the floor they were full of strange praise: "He has a lot to learn. He plays a stupid game, but what can you do?" "He's lousy on some things, but I guess he'll turn into the greatest." "He's unbelievable...
...learned a lot about life. I've learned a lot about myself, and about the responsibilities any man has to his fellow men. I've learned a lot about good and evil. They are not always what they appear to be. I was involved, deeply involved, in a deception. The fact that I, too, was very much deceived cannot keep me from being the principal victim of that deception, because I was its principal symbol. There may be a kind of justice in that. I don't know. I do know, and I can say it proudly...
What Is a Network? Viewers who hear the familiar NBC chimes and see the familiar linked initials are apt to think of "the network" as a solid entity. But few know what a network really is. Strictly speaking, as Bob Kintner puts it, it is "programs and a lot of telephone wire." The wire (44,000 miles, rented from A.T.&T. at $17.4 million a year) loosely holds together NBC's five wholly owned stations (by FCC ruling, no individual or corporation may own more than seven radio or TV outlets), plus 207 independently owned affiliates with which...
...machine that produced concrete units on a vast assembly line controlled by a single man pushing buttons. But Dietz felt that the Russians are sacrificing quality for speed. They are producing an enormous number of concrete apartment houses by such techniques, says Dietz, "but they're building a lot of maintenance problems...
Soviet chemistry did not win much admiration from visiting U.S. chemists. Dr. Leon Dorfman, chemist at Argonne National Laboratory, saw no outstanding programs in chemistry, and a lot that were pretty poor. Dr. Dorfman suspects that for some reason the Russians have not routed their best men into chemistry...