Word: absorbingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sodium rocket was not merely a beautiful and expensive firework; it had a serious scientific purpose: to help the Air Force's long-range study of the upper atmosphere. Part of the "air glow" (the faint glow of the night sky) comes from sodium atoms that absorb solar energy during the day. At night they give off this energy as yellow sodium light. Scientists do not know how high the "sodium layer" is. Nor do they know how the sodium got into the top of the atmosphere. Some think it came from outer space; others suspect that it originated...
Students at Fletcher, an internationally famous graduate school of Lawand Diplomacy, had previously accused Wessel of being the main figure behind a Tufts' plot to absorb their school into its new university...
Such a program, along the lines of the highly successful crop insurance scheme, would not only fill the gap left by private companies but would also be a safe financial risk for the government. For a federal corporation could absorb the losses from local disasters by spreading its coverage over a wide area and could wait for many years for losses to be paid back in premiums. The federal government, moreover, has the experienced personnel to administer such a program, as indicated by the efficiency of the Armed Forces and crop insurance plans. Flood insurance is no final answer...
Mercury added three new models, including the low-priced, two-door Medalist, with less chrome and decoration. It also upped its horsepower from 198 to 225 on some models, and adopted the Ford safety package: "deep-dish" steering wheel to absorb impacts, crash-resistant door locks, optional seat belts...
...over the U.S. suggested that smog irritation may not be caused by the obviously suspect fumes from exhaust pipes and smoke stacks. The theory: combustion in power plants and all types of engines throws hundreds of tons of nitrogen oxides into the air, along with hydrocarbon compounds. The oxides absorb energy from sunlight, which enables them to turn hydrocarbon compounds into what chemists call "free radicals," i.e., fragments of molecules free to form new chemical compounds. Possible result: rare chemicals in the air never suspected in smog...