Word: absorbable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...long been known that many gases and vapors transparent to visible light absorb certain wavelengths of infra-red This fact is used industrially in identifying gases; chemists shoot infra-red rays through a vapor and note what wavelengths are absorbed, and how strongly. Why, reasoned Beck & Miles, should the numan nose not do the same...
...study showed that three teaspoons of mineral oil a day cuts in half the human body's ability to absorb carotene, which is converted to vitamin A. Vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness, various skin and internal disorders. What's more alarming, fine droplets of mineral oil can go through the intestinal wall and reach the liver and lymph nodes, where, doctors suspect, they may cause dangerous lesions. Autopsies have revealed such droplets in patients' tissues...
Under the leadership of Charley Vivian, the Dunces rehearse their growing catalogue of numbers in the Dunster Large Common Room two evenings a week. When the night air is warm, the windows are thrown wide, and the strains come tumbling out into the courtyard for weary studiers to absorb...
...always contrives to have every individual department round out the year in the black, is largely a matter confined to the Treasurer's bookkeeping. If the HAA were to take a lively interest in the band, it ought not to have much difficulty in persuading University financial authorities to absorb an extra $7,000. In fact, the performance in the Stadium any Saturday should be ample persuasion...
Livestock feeders had been worried over the end of ceilings, and even more because many grain growers refused to sell before prices went up. By week's end, feeders felt better; stored grain was coming into the market, and prices for beef cattle were rising enough to absorb higher feed costs. The prairies stirred under the dangerous tonic of rising prices...