Word: byproduct
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Brass Tacks. Even in Egypt, where development has been hard hit by Nasser's foreign policy, some A.D.L. plans have borne fruit. A plan to use caustic soda in projected paper and rayon plants uncovered a highly important use for a byproduct chlorine. The chlorine, which seemed useless, can go into making sodium pentachlorophenate-a chemical that kills the river-borne parasites causing bilharziasis, a disease chronic in Egypt for centuries...
Data on space flight is a valuable byproduct of the billions of dollars the government is pouring into its military missile program. A successful intercontinental ballistic missile, for example, will be a close cousin of a space vehicle, since it will spend much of its flight time in space and would need only 9% more energy to become an earth satellite...
...goal," says Selye, "is certainly not to avoid stress. Stress is part of life. It is a natural byproduct of all our activities; there is no more justification for avoiding stress than for shunning food, exercise or love. But . . . you must first find your optimum stress level and then use your adaptation energy at a rate and in a direction adjusted to the innate structure of your mind and body." How? Dr. Selye boils down his prescription to a light jingle...
...byproduct of the tense tactical discussions among France, Britain and the U.S. over the canal has been a resurgence in Western Europe of the idea of a federated Europe (see FOREIGN NEWS). Newest reason: such a federation would be able-with or without U.S. aid-to stand on its own feet in its dealings with the rising powers of the Middle East and Asia...
...such talk, a reporter asked Secretary of State John Foster Dulles at his press conference. Replied Dulles: "My reaction ... is extremely favorable ... I had the feeling that developments in the Suez situation were moving thoughts somewhat in that direction, and, if so, that probably would be a very happy byproduct, indeed, of what otherwise is a rather tragic affair...