Word: absorbable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This last could be done by imbedding small bits of uranium in a "moderator"-a substance which would slow the speed of the neutrons but not absorb them. The Germans may have tried heavy water for this job. The Manhattan District men decided on graphite which was easier to get. If they could produce plutonium at an orderly controlled rate, they would have a charge for the bomb that would change the world...
...Silversmiths may absorb so much silver that their skin becomes slate grey. "Canary" is the name for an explosive-powder worker whose hair and skin have become red-yellow from tetryl. A foundry worker often has red-streaked forearms...
...Several acquaintances have said to me lately that, although to know me is to love me and I have a heart of gold, I do myself a great injustice and deny the world a measure of sweetness and laughter which it could easily absorb...
...Another reason for varying conditions is that pent-up demand for essential replacements will absorb some 1942 models (the first off the assembly lines), but at some point the public will hold back and wait for the much publicized postwar models. This procedure may produce inventory problems for merchants; it may also force manufacturers rapidly through two reconversions-first from war production to civilian production, 1942 style, then from 1942 to 1946 style...
...Stock Exchange; a course in public affairs with attendance at New York State Legislature sessions in Albany.) The faculty will also maintain an intensive preceptorial system to give personal help on the side. To make up for the high percentage (two-fifths) of class hours which the Core will absorb, Colgate will encourage its applicants to come fully prepared in basic language and composition requirements, so that less time will have to be spent on them in college...