Word: dinger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mystery of Matter. Matter is common stuff, but the scientists do not know what matter is. The more they dig into the problem, the more confused they get. Dr. Erwin Schrödinger, Nobel Prizewinner in physics, points out that light can behave as waves and also as particles. So can electrons, protons and larger chunks of matter...
...limited volume of gas, say helium," he admits, "can be thought of either as a collection of many helium atoms or as a superposition of elementary wave trains of matter waves." By the same kind of reasoning, a desk, a battleship, or even Dr. Schrödinger himself may be merely a fuss kicked up by conflicting waves...
...Schrödinger is not sure of even this wild idea. He admits that neither he nor anyone else can answer the question, "What is matter...
...Real Dinger. Back in the main lobby, Truman said he had frightened the builders (John McShain Inc. of Philadelphia) into putting up a new chandelier. The old one looked like a livery-stable lantern, and he threatened to knock it down with a baseball bat if they put it up again. The state dining room is also getting a new chandelier, he said-a real dinger...
...honest criticism and make good use of it." Listening raptly was Harry Truman, who has been subjected to infinite varieties of censure, and has done his share of censuring. After the service, the President grabbed the preacher's hand, pumped it heartily and cried: "Well, that was a dinger,* chaplain." Commander Menges didn't seem to understand the colloquialism, so Truman repeated: "I said it was a dinger...