Word: answer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Captain W. H. Richards has announced that he will give a special showing of his mechanical man, Robot, for students in the University, at which time he will be glad to make extensive explanations and answer any questions...
...Robot moves with human-like movements, talks distinctly and is built in the semblance of a six-foot man. The most remarkable thing about this automaton, is his ability to answer any question within reason. Captain Richards explained that each question had a key number, such as 74, the sound waves of the seven and four combined making a certain rate of vibration on a wire inside the man, which vibrations cause him to give the correct answer...
...Give it to 'em!" was the answer. The garage became a thunder-box of explosions...
Dynamo. All the fallibility of Eugene O'Neill as a playwright is to be found in his latest play, the first of a trilogy in which, believe it or not, he evidently seeks to answer no less a question than: What is God? It is the dramatization of that inexplicable bewilderment that has befogged men from the first grey light of a primeval dawn. To the farrago of groping speculation that has entangled the ages, O'Neill has brought the confusion of his own technique in the theatre. It could scarcely be expected that the result would...
...Duveen dictum had quashed the bargain. He said that he dealt in picture frames, paintings and etchings. Sir Joseph's lawyer, Louis S. Levy, was quick, acid. "The picture frames are a very big part of your business, aren't they?" Mr. Hug's murmurous answer was lost in his throat. Soon afterward he went away, assisted by bailiffs...