Word: dusts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cites a Hasidic saying: "Everyone must have two pockets, so that he can reach into the one or the other, according to his needs. In his right pockei are to be the words: 'For my sake the world was created,' and in his left: 'I am dust and ashes...
...size of a radio telescope is determined by the diameter of its "dish," a parabolic wire mesh which receives light waves. Radio telescopes have these advantages over optical telescopes: they can be used in daylight and in bad weather, and they "see" through interstellar dust, a factor making them particularly practical for observing the Milky Way. The larger the "dish," the better the definition of the subject observed...
...Department of Agriculture announced success with a long-held dream of agricultural chemists: an insecticide that makes the whole plant deadly to insects that try to feed on it. The chemical, called Thimet for short,* was developed by American Cyanamid Co. It is mixed 50-50 with carbon dust, and 8 lbs. of the blend is mixed with 100 lbs. of cottonseed before planting. The cost for an acre of cotton...
...mites and cutworms, are controlled by the internal poison. Boll weevils are killed if they show up during the period of the poison's effectiveness, which is three to seven weeks. Big advantage of the internal poison is that it protects the whole young plant, while sprays and dust may leave some parts unprotected...
...demanding minority, and cried injustice from housetop and street corner. The comfortable feared them. Gaitskell represents a new generation. He is no militant. He never talked himself hoarse on windy street corners under a policeman's hostile eye (as did Morrison), or chewed tobacco against the pit dust (as did Bevan). But 30 years after, Labor was in the position of having won its crusade. Once the citadel is stormed, the need is not for happy warriors but a good housekeeper; the welfare state needs to be run, not won. Successful British politics today consists in capturing the middle...