Word: dimmer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...success in measuring the distance of dimmer & dimmer nebulae led to his crowning discovery-the theory of the expanding universe...
...Dimmer. The Federal Power Commission somberly agreed with a forecast that the U.S. is due for a new electric light and power crisis. The margin between demand and capacity to produce is as narrow as it has ever been. Barely started on the greatest expansion program in its history, the industry expects the "tight squeeze" to last throughout next year and well into...
...centenarian, who arrived in Cambridge in the fall of 1863, is in good health except for a slight deafness and eyesight that is a bit dimmer than...
Senate Republicans said they would press a special investigation resolution, but their chances for success appeared dimmer hour by hour...
...check into the dimmer past, however, reveals that Sam was also something of a scholar and athlete during his undergraduate days. While pulling down Ed.M. and A.M. degrees in history, he played Freshman soccer, basketball, and baseball, following in the latter two sports with three Varsity seasons apiece, while serving also for one year on the Jayvee football squad and for two more on the Varsity. The high point of this athletic career was reached on the basketball court, where, Sam admits, lies his greatest love. In 1921 he captained the Freshman quintet, and in his Senior year he held...