Word: details
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Since the War, the developments in serial photography have been, for the most part, along the lines of improved mapping cameras to give accurate results which can furnish pictures with more detail and correctness. In the field of gathering information concerning troop movements, the aim has been to spot them with greater speed and accuracy. For this purpose larger cameras have been constructed to keep pace with improved aircraft which have a higher ceiling, and since more and more efficient planes are being constructed, photography must not fall behind...
...plot is trite and seemingly devoid of interesting detail, but Mr. Roberts has used it to write a happy and whimsical novel, one thoroughly entertaining, and requiring no particular attention...
First contact with the subject is attained through Astronomy 1, a full course, covering with detail the whole realm of astronomical science from the earth to the far-flung reaches of intergalactic space. It is a course for the man wishing just a single course in the subject as well as for the man who is concentrating in the field...
...concentrating in the subject the additionally required courses in astronomy are courses 5 and 3, both half-courses, the former re-covering the material of stellar astronomy in detail and stressing the application of physical principles to stellar problems, the latter the use of instruments in the determination of fundamental star positions, both by visual observation and by photographic procedure. Supplementing course 3 by Geography 34, the student comprehends the use of instruments in the field of practical astronomy. For honors and additional course is required selected from the field of astronomy...
...Model League, but a representative League. The Council is to be in the form of an executive committee composed of 15 nations, and its functions will be largely those of preparing agenda for the Assembly. At Thursday's meeting the plan and constitution will be explained in detail; the committee hopes to have an initial meeting of the League later in the spring...