Word: methodically
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...others at the table left, leaving him alone with a red-headed senior who, unnerved by his meticulous method of eating, stood up to leave, pushing the table away while rising. The heavy wood knocked into him, striking his chest. Desperately, he said, "Please, be more careful...
...surprise, Experimenter Ritchie found that the method seemed to work. The comparison group getting inert injections had colds five times as often as the vaccinated. Many of the vaccinated got sniffles for a day or two. presumably from the irresistible virus, but then their colds usually stopped: during the test, they had only 13 "full colds," as against 77 for the controls...
...most of all, we need to do some thinking about the true ends of education. The worthwhile innovations in method brought by Dewey's educationists should be kept. But their exclusive devotion to techniques and group adjustment should never again be allowed to hide the fact that American education exists first of all to educate the individual in a body of learning, with a tradition and purpose behind...
...BILLION TAX CUT is urged by Arthur F. Burns, former chairman of President Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers. He contends that an immediate tax slash for all individuals and businesses would be "clearly a sounder method of dealing with a mild recession" than a big public-works program, which would not have any "significant economic effects in the immediate future...
Short-Order Pasture. A farm machine that uses the hydroponic method of growth (in a chemical solution without soil) was put on the market by Buckeye Corp., maker of chicken incubators. Housed in a 120-sq-ft aluminum building, it can match 15 to 25 acres of cattle pasturage by growing 45 tons of fresh grass a year at about $13 a ton. Lit by fluorescent lamps, it works night and day. Price...