Word: eightfold
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...Completion of the giant Mt. Palomar telescope, which will increase the visible universe eightfold, has been postponed for the duration. Reason: the necessary technicians have been transferred to military work...
...books of 477 mental hospitals in the U. S. in 1934 were 451,672 patients (estimate first quarter of 1937 480,000), an eightfold increase during the last 50 years as against a twofold increase in population...
...Tokyo the respected Masaomi Hirayama, priest of Buddha, author of admired tracts concerning The Four Noble Truths and The Holy Eightfold Path, was gravely congratulated by his fellow priests, last week, on having observed for 48 years those virtues which caused the ancient sages to exclaim : "Serene and blessed is the Buddha. . . . Lo, so many distinguished nobles lead now a religious life under the direction of the Blessed One that fathers will soon beget no more children...