Word: elementalism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that America has ceased to marvel at dance marathons, and flag-pole sitting no longer pays dividends, it is not at all remarkable that Yankee ingenuity has provided another spectacle for the vicarious enjoyment of the multitude, which combines an element of sport with the best features of the aforementioned pastimes--namely, the one hundred and fifty rubber bridge match of Ely Culbertson and wife us. Hal Sims and wife at Crockferd's Club in New York...
...that he was discovered in his widowed mother's apartment. He was hastily taken to a police station house, exhibited and photographed to prove that he had not been harmed, then sent home. Following evening Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia circulated thousands of posters throughout the area urging the responsible element in Harlem to make the rest of the neighborhood behave itself. By next day Governor Lehman could tell Harlem's white merchants that the city authorities had the situation well in hand...
...century there has been controversy over whether carbon was liquefied in the heat of the arc. The Cleveland chemists showed conclusively that the carbon does not liquefy but sublimes directly from a solid to a vapor as dry ice does. The sublimation point is a fundamental constant of the element and represents the maximum arc temperature. Determining this constant within narrow limits provides, according to Dr. Chaney, "a convenient and much needed bench mark for all high temperature measurements." It is of help especially to makers of abrasives, artificial gems, fine tools, fine steel for armor plate...
Song-singing Bing and Funnyfellow Fields practically make the show what it is. Fortunately--or wisely--Bing is not made to act, but merely allowed to sing and move about harmlessly. These he does to the satisfaction and enjoyment of all. The humorous element of the film is well carried on the capable shoulders of Mr. Fields, who is at his best as the blustering show-boat captain, boasting continually about his bravery. Joan Bennett is adequate in her role as the leading lady...
...Treasury Department suddenly dropped a dragnet across the land, snared more than 2,000 smugglers, dope peddlers, bootleggers and counterfeiters. Its aims: 1) to test the effectiveness of a nation-wide crime drive; 2) to train Treasury agents in concerted action; 3) to "impress the criminal element with the tremendous Federal powers against them"; 4) to show the nation that the well-publicized Department of Justice is not the only Federal agency that can catch lawbreakers. Pondered since last summer, the drive had been actively planned for a fortnight. One day last week the Treasury struck with the full force...