Word: counters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Please permit me to correct a confusion of terms which appeared in TIME, Nov. 3, under the title "A Geiger Counter for Everybody. "The gadget" which is there described is not a Geiger counter but an ionization chamber type of meter. The distinction is ... vital for the proper protection ... of persons who are exposed to radiation...
...well known that all radioactive radiations, including gamma rays and X rays, are in the form of separate particles. The Geiger counter counts them one for one, as one would count the pages in a book. However, some types of particles may easily be ten or more times as damaging to the tissues of the body as others...
Among the plain people, ripples of cold fear ran up & down Italy's long spine. TIME Correspondent Emmet Hughes cabled from Naples: "In a café on the Via Medina, I asked the sad, round-faced proprietor behind the marble counter how afraid he was. His stubbly chin trembled and the watery blue eyes seemed ready to gush tears as he said, 'Of course I'm afraid. How many Italians have to die? You Americans killed some. The Germans killed others. Now it seems we're going to kill each other. We've got poverty...
Antifreeze Squeeze. Cold weather caught the U.S. short of antifreeze. In many cities, under-the-counter caches (at over listed price) were the only source of supply. One reason for the shortage: production remained the same, while the number of cars increased. Another reason: chemical manufacturers are using more methanol and glycols, two basic ingredients of antifreeze, for plastics...
Teamwork. In Pittsburgh, five months after somebody stole a purse (and $8) which Mrs. Elizabeth Williams left on a counter-and two months after somebody stole another purse (and $10) which Mrs. Williams left on a counter-somebody stole a purse (and $182) which Mrs. Williams left on a counter...