Word: chief
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...principle from the well-known bimetallic thermocouple that has been in use for a century to measure temperatures. In a bimetallic thermocouple, two pieces of unlike metals are joined. When the joint is heated, a feeble electric current is generated, flows through a wire connecting the cold ends. Chief obstacle to commercial use is the difficulty in finding metals that can operate efficiently at the high temperature required for large-scale power production (TIME, April...
...three abandoned army barracks in southeast Rome. To move it all from Trieste is fast becoming a logistical feat worthy of Hannibal himself. Last week his rented Roman villa was stuffed with incoming crates. He planned to fly some of his airplanes down under their own power. His chief problem: how to man and sail his naval destroyer around Italy, and to find a place to moor it when it arrived...
...list of "thou shalt nots" in fixing rate bases for independent gas producers. While Phillips will be permitted to raise its overall rates by $14 million, Examiner Zwindler rejected firmly a flock of hypothetical costs totaling $35 million, which Phillips wanted included in its rate base. Chief among these was an item of $11 million for federal income taxes that Phillips does not have to pay because of the 27½% oil and gas depletion allowance. Phillips argued that it still should be allowed to charge customers for the nonexistent...
...announcement to close came just three days after the company's chief director, Stephen A. Aaron '57, had resigned over policy disagreements. These presumably had to do with proposals to rescue the floundering company...
...movie. Despite the fact that he is well-known and represented elsewhere, it leaves a gaping hole, and deprives the film of what would probably have been its greatest sections. In lieu of him, the narration elevates Laurel and Hardy, who appear much too often, to the position of chief gods of silent comedy, a claim which cannot be taken seriously by anyone who has seen this movie...