Word: braine
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...flashes of the brain so boldly penned...
...wise old baseball brain whirring with wonderful precision, clicking out strategy that outraged strategists, but guessing right so often it could hardly be called guessing...
News candidates will receive expert instruction in wire-tapping, key-hole peeking, and brain-washing, with practice on live victims...
Athletic fair play cannot be attributed to this game. All is permitted, and the most brutal "footballer" is considered the most courageous sportsman. The supreme slogan of football is "Brawn over Brain". American generals such as "Pestgeneral Ridgway" and "Korea Interventionist Van Fleet" treasure the "footballer" as the best, most ruthless and compliant soldier. The question never arises for these men as to the tendency or purpose of an order. Its cold-blooded quality alone suffices for them to accomplish what ever is wanted...
...driller that cuts the hardest metal-e.g., tungsten carbide-without touching it. Made by Cincinnati Milling Machine Co., the cutting edge is a stream of electrons a sort of manmade lightning. ¶A lathe with a mechanical brain, which computes the correct cutting speed for each job. Its makers, Monarch Machine Tool Co. of Sidney, Ohio, estimate that the brain alone can increase production 25% ¶A Cleveland Tapping Machine Co device that cuts threads on iron pipe fittings at the rate of 85 feet a minute, producing 1,480 fittings an hour, compared to the previous standard...