Word: compounds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Another German compound, carbutamide, was abandoned in the U.S. by Eli Lilly & Co. because it caused liver damage, was suspected of speeding the deaths of eight patients...
Looking ahead, the U.S.'s best intermediate-range prospect is the Navy's experimental solid-charge, 1,500-mile Lockheed Polaris, designed to be fired from surface vessels or nuclear submarines. Polaris' solid charge, a slow-burning chemical compound, makes Polaris the U.S.'s first "second-generation" long-range ballistic missile; the solid charge will be easier, simpler, faster to handle than present types of liquid fuel. Polaris, the first true pushbutton IRBM in sight, is lighter and smaller, so cannot pack as heavy a warhead as Jupiter and Thor. Its ultimate success will depend...
...American electorate made a mistake in electing Eisenhower instead of Stevenson in 1956. Stevenson should be elected President in 1960, but to be elected, he must first be nominated. The politicians who nominate often lag behind the people who elect. I hope that the Democratic politicians do not compound the past failure of the electorate by refusing to give the American people the democratic opportunity of correcting an error...
Many different ingredients can be used, and any intelligent teen-ager can find out what they are. Some of the mixtures, especially those containing chlorates and perchlorates, are extremely dangerous. Instead of burning gradually, they are apt to detonate like dynamite. Another dangerous compound is ammonium nitrate, which is sold as fertilizer. When mixed with certain other things, it is a violent explosive, and even by itself it should be treated with respect. The explosion of two shiploads of it wrecked Texas City in 1947, with a loss of 512 lives...
...offices), and devised one of the major props under the U.S. economy. Steel expanded 5% to 141 million tons annually; aluminum added 2% to its capacity, synthetic rubber 14%. Oil and chemicals both spent record amounts for expansion. Serving them all. the nation's utilities grew at compound rates, increased their outlays 28% to $6.3 billion, and in the process added 7% to U.S. generating capacity. Among the additions: the first full-scale atomic power plant, which Pennsylvania's Duquesne Light Co. put in operation at Shippingport to serve eventually the needs of 120,000 customers...