Word: dose
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...must not be fooled by propaganda to the effect that the German people have been temporarily "debased" by evil leaders, Williams stated. As an irrationalist society they can not be changed by a mere dose of democratic education. They must be made helpless and harmless, "preferably in a world union, but by decimation and captivity if necessary...
...skin effect. Induction's alternating current, unlike DC, concentrates on the surface of the conductor. Hence the outside of a metal object heats up rapidly while the inside stays cool. Given a skin-blistering dose of high-frequency induction current and then quenched in water, metals are hardened on the surface, yet remain resilient and tough inside. Typical parts thus hardened are airplane bearings, tank treads, engine cylinder walls. Often they last ten times longer than without such surface hardening. Noses of armor-piercing shells and bombs are induction-hardened without affecting the rest of the projectile. Among other...
...There is no cure for diabetes, but it can be throttled by injections of insulin. "Straight"' insulin usually is taken three times a day, before each meal. Protamine zinc insulin, a slow-acting variant, is injected in a larger dose only once a day. (Scientists are working hard on an insulin preparation that can be taken by mouth, but so far have been unsuccessful.) Some doctors prefer to treat mild forms of the disease by restricting carbohydrates...
...even our own country take a holier-than-thou attitude? It's true, America can justly claim to be the most democratic world power, but there are ever-present threats within as well as without which demand a liberal dose of "eternal vigilance." What about Georgia's Governor Talmadge, the Dies and Rapp-Coudert committees, the hounding intolerance of the "justice" dealt out to Bridges and Browder? These are sinister ripples which could easily become a whirlpool of suppression. However fine the direction of Roosevelt's foreign policy, what about the hypocrisy and backhandedness of his means? What about...
...salty advice which the Class of 1944 hands on to the Class of 1945, they learned how their students rated them and their courses. Traditionally, freshmen buy the book, take what they plan to anyway. But many a teacher has changed his plans, toughened his course, after a dose of the Crimson's tonic...