Word: directe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...device which automatically connects land telegraph lines with submarine cables made possible direct cable communication between London and Chicago...
...Terminal. The New York Central Railroad is favorably considering the erection of a tower of latticed steel similar to the Eiffel tower, straddling Park Avenue, Manhattan, just north of the Grand Central Terminal, where giant dirigibles may moor and swing at anchor. Elevators would carry passengers from the air direct to waiting trains. Many architectural projects and applications for mooring privileges have been submitted...
...beaver, otter, mole, chinchilla or sable, and house cat for skunk or sable. The substance of importance in the process of dying is paraphenylendiamin, which is also the basis of most dyes for human hair that are now on the market. When oxidized this becomes quinone, which is a direct irritant. In the presence of moisture, as from perspiration, the quinone invariably produces irritation of the skin. The only method of prevention that Dr. White could suggest was extreme care in the dying and finishing processes, with particular attention to repeated rinsing to remove excess dye and traces of quinone...
Many students have come in contact with Professor Albert Feuillerat in his half-year of teaching at the University, and have admired his knowledge and his personality. That he found his students "intelligent and responsive" is proof enough that he knew well how to teach and to direct them. His presence at the University adds to the favorable impression which the system of exchange professorships has already created...
...acquisition of academic knowledge has not this pecuniary asset--at least, there is no direct connection between a cultural background and better bookkeeping, for example, so far as the popular eye can see. The stimulus, therefore, will probably be absent, and the diffusion of cultural education "to all members of society" may be much slower than expected. Certainly, the more such knowledge can be spread, the better; and if an aristocracy of brains can be succeeded by a democracy with the same level of mental attainment, the millenium will be near...