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many an ITEM of news, I therefore EMIT this anagram...
...shot into this a current of electrons from a hot filament similar to those used in a radio tube. The energy of this current was readily reckoned in volts, and as the voltage was increased things began to happen to the hydrogen atoms it encountered. Suddenly they began to emit radiation of a definite wavelength, measurable as a single line in a light spectrum. The hydrogen atoms had been excited, their electrons swinging out into wider, more madly rapid orbits. The voltage of the current was increased again, until a second line appeared in the spectrum, indicating that the hydrogen...
...EMIT He buys...
...shall define a triumph? The first night of Italian opera in London, Mme. Toti dal Monte swelled her ample bosom to emit the titular notes of Lucia di Lammermoor. Diffident boxes whacked their hands red. "A triumph," said the press next morning, meaning that Toti dal Monte had covered the work with her usual capability...
...Wynn and Eddie Cantor emit almost as much cubic laughter per evening. Wynn exploded last week in The Grab Bag. Cantor will function most of the year in Kid Boots...