Word: corner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...women could withstand only 55.1, and could recover in 5.55 sec. from glare which blinded women for 7.47 sec. Other tests indicated that men generally have quicker reactions, better hearing, better concentration when at the wheel, although women drive more slowly, distinguish colors better, have better vision from the corner of the eye. Quipped Safety Director Burton W. Marsh, who conducted the tests: "The ladies may not find it tactful to cite that men have higher blood pressure, because the men might say it's caused by women drivers...
...southwest corner of Idaho is a rugged land pocked by ancient volcanic activity. Once a desolate region covered by sagebrush, it has been reclaimed by irrigation. The soil, largely volcanic ash, is fertile with minerals. The rock beneath is honeycombed with caverns and air pockets, the result of ancient, igneous intrusions...
...announced that Pratt Hospital would "make it possible for patients needing diagnosis, patients from any corner of New England and from any economic group to get the latest medical advice and for the country doctor to profit from the knowledge and experience of specialists." The doctors will take turns studying at the Pratt Hospital. Mr. Bingham will pay their expenses in Boston, arrange for "exchange doctors" to substitute for them in their home towns. Maine doctors in batches of six are already taking advantage of this unique medical dispensation. In addition, all New England doctors will have the opportunity...
...range of merit, was a truce in the bitter factionalism which has characterized Chicago art since modernism first burst upon it in 1913. No one was heard of who refused to contribute because an enemy was represented, and painters with grim sociological messages did not stand off in a corner and poke fun at the "Sanity in Art" school, which was in evidence with scads of wholesome snowscapes, landscapes, seascapes. Of abstract paintings there were only two. Geographical range was all the way from The Ninth Hole, Park Ridge Golf Club to Royal Castle, Sweden, Early Morning. Most puzzling title...
...Save America") in the summer of 1935, is much more tolerant of radicalism in art than of radicalism in politics. When Mrs. Herbert Hoover was caught in a torrential rainstorm after inspecting the Century of Progress art show, gallant Mr. McCormick shooed a traffic officer from his corner to find a taxicab, directed traffic himself in the downpour while the officer was gone. Wisecrackers said that if it had been Mrs. Roosevelt instead of Mrs. Hoover she would have drowned...