Word: existing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although I admit to amateurhood in the realm of physics ... I feel you should not state quite so emphatically that "magnetic waves do not exist." Why, the pages of history are strewn with statements by great scientists out of the past who proclaimed in their day that the various forces that operate our present marvels simply "do not exist...
...motivated by imperialism, Nehru defended the U.S. He said that the present world crisis was due to fear of each other on the part of two rival blocs. Then he took direct issue with Tandon on Pakistan. Nehru's resolution said: "Whatever disputes and conflicts may exist now or may arise in the future between India and Pakistan, they should be considered as political problems between two countries and should be treated as such. In no event should communalism or the misuse of religion be allowed to mar and distort consideration of our internal problems. We cannot forsake...
...start as a flying-saucer expert by association with talented Oilman Silas M. Newton of Denver, who, he says, locates oil deposits by their microwaves (microwaves do not penetrate rock). Through Newton, Scully met a mysterious "Dr. Gee," who does similar feats by detecting "magnetic waves" (which do not exist) with a magnetron (a radio transmitter tube, not a detection device). Flying saucers, says Dr. Gee (quoted by Scully), travel among the planets by magnetism. Their 3½-ft. crewmen have perfect teeth with no cavities. For food they carry little wafers. One wafer was dunked in a gallon...
Theoretically, of course, invading space ships are not impossible. The point is that neither Scully nor any other purveyor of flying-saucer tales has yet produced firm evidence that they exist. There are no convincing photographs of them. Scully says he has handled metals they are made of (harder than diamond, with melting points above 10,000°), but no such miraculous stuff has yet been reported by any reputable laboratory...
...uncomfortable possibility that if the class numerals were juggled long enough uniforms would reappear in the Yard, and companies would again stand at attention before Sever Hall and march to class. Of course, if things got very much worse there was an equal possibility that Sever might not exist to stand before...