Word: circularity
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...Made Moon. The official subject of the congress was the "earth-satellite vehicle," generally regarded as the first step toward true space navigation. A small man-made moon, revolving on a circular orbit high above the earth's atmosphere, would be a handy spot from which to start a space voyage. Because the satellite would already be supported against the earth's gravitational pull by the centrifugal force of its rapid motion, only moderate power would be needed to launch the spaceship from it. Since there would be no atmosphere, the spaceship would not even have...
Conceding that there had been much preliminary discussion over the height of the partitions, he noted that the verdict had been that a deeper circular tray would be "more difficult to eat from...
Memories of pre-war days influenced the design of the circular trays, Heaman said. During this, period, students ate off plates and were served by waitresses. The high cost of food and labor makes a return to those days impossible...
...circular trays have already passed the testing stage and won the approval of the University officials, in spite of the shallow partitions. The old army mess trays have not been used at the Union this summer...
...would cost over $2,000 to make a new circular mold with higher partitions, Heaman reported. The dining halls have tried to serve "liquid items" like stewed tomatoes in separate small dishes to be carried on the trays, but students viewed this as inadequate. "This hasn't solved the gravy problem," one man noted yesterday...