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...tour prospectus declares that the houses will be displayed "from top to bottom" with "kitchens, living quarters, and the whole pattern of living... on view...
...Quite a few are very good, and one, of Professor Finley eagerly following some sport, is extremely expressive. Unfortunately, the pictures have not been given the benefit of imaginative makeup. They often block continuity, rather than facilitating it, and are not bled, centered, and arranged in any consistently esthetic pattern...
...Shannon sets up the labyrinth in a pattern unfamiliar to Theseus. Then he places his mouse at an arbitrary point on the metal floor. At first Theseus does not behave very intelligently. He blunders around, bumping his copper whiskers against the aluminum walls. When he hits an obstacle, he turns away and tries it again. By such trial & error, Theseus finally gets through the labyrinth and ends the play by touching the "cheese," an electrical terminal that rings a bell...
Ready to Go. The Air Force could accept its share of the blame for many mistakes of the past. But it could take much credit for planning the present pattern of first-line U.S. security. Even during the dog days of postwar economy, it wisely planted procurement contracts for the largest possible number of airplane and engine designs, and the plane designs look good all the way back from the production models to the drawing board. After Korea, it worked hard to broaden its production base. In some cases, the Air Force deliberately paid more for planes just...
...statement that a picture in the article was faked is incorrect. "It was taken," said Skinner, "to illustrate the statement that dogs have the pattern discrimination needed to select a particular card from a deck. No claim was made that we had actually done this experiment for the 'Look' photographer...