Word: develop
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Director Willis Rodney Whitney of General Electric's laboratories found that his body grew hot from an accumulation of high frequency waves when he stood in the path of a short-wave radio sending set. Out of that observation, Director Whitney developed the radiotherm, a boxlike device permeated by short waves in whose field a sick person might lie and develop a high artificial fever...
Neuroses do not always explode into nervous breakdowns. Habitual stammering, scratching the nose, twiddling, scolding or recoiling are signs of trouble in one's personality and serve as safety valves. If such signs of nervousness continue for a long time a neurotic disease is almost certain to develop. Among such groups of ailments...
...adults, may suffer nervous breakdowns. Overwork does not cause them, although it may precipitate an attack. There is nothing in the popular idea that only the wealthy have breakdowns. Nothing has yet been definitely established as to the role of heredity in causing neuroses. In general more highly developed personalities tend to develop neurotic quirks, more primitive personalities to go really crazy. Small-town and farm people are as prone to have breakdowns as are big city people. The Depression, except for increasing the U. S. suicide rate, has so far caused no striking increase in the number...
Research Associates Inc. expects to develop inventions, discoveries and patents of its own members, and by applying these to the betterment of the public weal to encourage further help from outsiders. The charter states that no profit may accrue to any member...
Besides Lincoln's stellar performance, three other twirlers, Drib Braggiotti, Frank Wood, and Tommy Wood, and Tommy Bilodeau are rounding into form, and with further practice should develop into capable hurlers. Braggiotti, last year's Sophomore sensation, went the whole rout against Navy, and although he yielded up more hits than did the two enemy pitchers, showed considerable staying power. Bilodeau is still able to last only a few innings, but is a capable relief pitcher...