Word: containment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...When the text of Stalin's statement became available (several days before the Acheson and Stevenson pronouncements), it was found to contain the usual violent attacks on the U.S., plus a call to America's allies to desert...
Although the "Rules for Students in College Dormitories" contain a prohibitory clause preventing men from keeping animals in their rooms, they say nothing about dead animals...
...showed the total amount of water in the body. Easy as this sounds, it was not until 1950 that the method was accurate enough to satisfy Dr. Moore. Surprisingly, he found that women are less succulent than men. "It's their curves," he explains. "Fat doesn't contain much water, but muscle is full...
Geologists say that coal has the property of extracting germanium from water or gases that come in contact with it. For this reason, the top and bottom six inches of the seam generally contain the most germanium. Since the pure metal sells for about $350 a pound, a strike of rich germanium-coal would prove valuable...
...answer, according to Linde, is to treat the fibers with a small amount (.25%) of vinyl siloxane, a compound whose plasticlike molecules contain atoms of silicon. These act as a bridge, the silicon end of the molecule sticking tight to the glass while the other end cleaves to the plastic. The bond is so strong that the glass-plastic combination does not lose its strength even when boiled for two hours...