Word: elementalism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Honolulu was unsafe for the wives of Naval officers and men and they were not to be brought to the islands for the maneuvers. They could not comment on the hazards for civilians wives, but Admiral Stirling warned: "Honolulu may expect cases of assault upon women unless the better element gets to work to stamp it out." Much to the relief of the city's business and resort leaders, he officially reported to Washington that there had been "disturbances" but "no rioting," that, in the Paradise of the Pacific, the "situation is under control...
...Radium ("element") is kept two ways: powdered, in tubes of platinum or gold, about an inch long, which are kept in thick lead boxes; or in a solution, in bottles encased in lead. Because radium is continually breaking down, its emanations must be pumped out of the bottles every 24 hours. The gas thus pumped off is sealed in containers, used in radiotherapy for treatment of cancer. But Dr. Kaplan believes best results are obtained from pack treatment, that the best pack is made from radium element. The minimum quantity for a proper pack treatment is five grams...
...Mann expected to be No. 1 Man in the G. O. P., South after Mr. Hoover took office. But he was to be disappointed because the President planned a great political reform below the Potomac. The "white trash"' which constitutes Southern Republicanism must be replaced by a better element. The old barter of Federal jobs must cease and only worthy citizens appointed to office. The White House door was firmly closed on Col. Mann and his traditional ideas of Southern patronage...
...Nucleus, The late great Dmitri Ivanovitch Mendeleeff arranged the 92 elements in a periodic table according to weight. The late Henry Gwyn-Jeffreys Moseley found that each atomic number corresponded to the number of negatively charged electrons outside the nucleus. Element No. 1, hydrogen, has one such electron; No. 2, helium, has two; lithium, No. 3, three. . . . For each negative electron the nucleus of an atom must contain a positively charged proton. And, except in hydrogen, all nuclei were found to contain more protons than were electrons around them. The additional necessary electrons were found in the nucleus. Lithium, with...
...most significant changes in modern arctic exploration is the time element," continued Mr. Stefansson "Byrd was gone only about six months on his trip to the arctic, whereas the elder explorers used to stay away for five years or more." The reference to Byrd led to the interesting fact that the use of the radio in polar exploration increases homesickness, rather than diminishes it, as is commonly taken for granted by the public. If is a matter of actual record that Byrd had more trouble with his men being homesick in the one year that he was in Antarctica that...