Word: consisting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This unique research will start on the elastic and other properties of rocks. For example, how do rocks under great pressure conduct heat? This is something fundamental in the study of earth transformations. To prosecute the study Professor Bridgman has some remarkably powerful little machines. They consist essentially of thick, steel-jacketed cylinders carefully cast and precisely machined. The hydraulic pressure which oil puts against pistons in the cylinders is presumably less than the pressure upon things deep within the earth. Yet the man-made pressure changes the nature of elements. Thirty-nine of 48 pure metals which Professor Bridgman...
...about to turn into matrimony when his doting mother, with the help of a family adviser, tricks him into believing Kitty is unfaithful, carts him off to Europe. Kitty, falsely led to believe that David offered her money to set him free, is left to her own devices, which consist of a season in jail for promiscuity, affairs with many men in many places, a rise to fame as an actress. Now a woman of some importance, she is unrelenting when David returns, until she has given him opportunity to take it on the chin himself. Good shots: close...
...Harvard University Orchestrs, Pierian Sodality of 1808, will give a concert tomorrow in Paine Hall at 8.15 o'clock. The program conducted by Mr. G. W. Woodworth, will consist of music by Bach, Beethoven, deFalls and Florent Schmitte...
...form which the debate will take was also decided: each of the two teams will consist of two Radcliffe and two Harvard speakers, with an alternate in addition. All the speakers will be allowed a single ten-minute talk, with the exception of the first member of each team, who will speak for five minutes; a five-minute rebuttal will also be included...
...championship series will consist of two games, three in the event of a tie. The second will probably be played next Friday evening, March 19, and if necessary the third game will be arranged for the following week...