Word: compacted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After a delirious period that produced ten Chilean regimes in 17 months. Chile has had the same chief executive since December, compact, blue-eyed Arturo Alessandri, the "Lion of Tarapaca." There have lately been rumors that Lion Alessandri was slipping...
...Absolute Zero (-459.4° F.) radiates heat-like infra-red rays. A two-foot, concave, silvered glass mirror in the fog-eye collects infra-red radiations of objects, focuses the rays on a sensitive thermocouple which translates the infra red rays into faint currents of electricity. A compact amplifier which Physicist Edward Elway Free built for Commander Macneil, builds up the fog-eye's currents until they are strong enough to turn on warning lights, ring a gong. The fog-eye can detect differences of temperature of one-fifty-thousandth of a degree Centigrade. Its theoretical effec- tiveness...
...ring in orange derby, tie and wig, his red putty nose outlined against a blue night sky. Critics last week admired Curry's feat (as difficult as the Passing Leap) of getting the circus' gaudy, pastel colors in oils. Circus action gave play to his potent, compact drawing, his flair for packing a lot of disorganized life into a close-knit composition...
...Compact, dynamic, blue-eyed "Lion" Arturo Alessandri, president in 1920-25, owes his nickname to his rich, deep voice, his leonine platform personality. Not a buccaneering South American dictator, he has just been constitutionally elected (TIME, Nov. 7). Also he wrote most of the Constitution, adopted in 1925 and since then trampled on by Chilean dictators galore. The inauguration of President Alessandri last week meant a return from Chilean chaos (which produced ten Chilean regimes in the past 18 months) to normal, civilian rule. But after such upheavals even a "normal" president must make concessions to the mob, especially since...
...American Academy of Optometry in Chicago last week was Dr. William Feinbloom's method of restoring vision to the 98% blind. Two out of five blind people can see 2%. Heretofore they have been able to read books, magazines and newspapers only with the help of compact field glasses which they wore as spectacles. Such telescopic spectacles both magnify the print (the optical effect) and seem to bring it closer to the eyes (the psychological effect). Those advantages become troubles as soon as the purblind wearer moves around or deals with moving objects. Nothing seems to be where...