Word: betweeners
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The total weight of the radiosonde is only 18 ounces. Air pressure is obtained by a pair of small aneroid bellows; the temperature, by a bimetallic strip which coils with change in temperature; and the humidity, by a single human hair. Each of the three instruments is fitted with a...
Since 1935 a group of men and women in Washington has solemnly pondered the U. S. Youth Problem. This group (16 eminent persons headed by Owen D. Young) is the American Council on Education's American Youth Commission. It has spent its four years mainly in gathering facts and...
Immediate reason for Harry Sinclair's pronunciamento was a small loss on Consolidated's operations in the first quarter (figures not made public). Since last year when the Government convicted a batch of the major oil companies under the Sherman Act, fear of further anti-trust suits has...
To integrated companies (such as Standard Oil of New Jersey, Texas Corporation, Gulf Oil), this is not vital. If their refining operations show a loss, it is merely a bookkeeping matter provided that their crude oil production is efficient, shows a greater profit, for they still have net earnings. To...
Sandwiched between military and naval orders the Martin plant also turned out the first clippers for Pan American's Pacific run, huge, four-engined flying boats. Meanwhile, with pursuit ships getting faster & faster, practical, businesslike Glenn Martin laid down another job for his designers. What was now needed, he...