Word: explainer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sometimes baffling. Once it ran a letter from a U.S. reader suggesting that the Colosseum be razed and a children's play center put up in its place. Next day Italian tempers exploded in the press and radio. An American editor had to go on the air and explain that his paper did not endorse every idea that showed up in its letters column...
...Endicott "Chub" Peabody, 2nd '42, and Chief Boston will give pep talks from the steps of the Athletic Building, and the cheerleaders will explain a system of flash cards that will see their first use in the Yale fracas...
...Tale of Peter Rabbit printed at her own expense. Then she resubmitted it to the firm of Warne & Co.; who, this time, accepted it. "I have not spoken to Mr. Potter," wrote Beatrix timidly to her publisher, "but I think, Sir, it would be well to explain the agreement clearly, because he is a little formal, having been a barrister...
...explain the facts...
...sure that isotopes will have an enormous effect upon both science and industry. Most immediate use is as "tracers": delicate radioactive tags which allow a chemical substance to be followed step by step through an industrial process or the human body. Isotope enthusiasts believe that the tracers will explain the mysterious reactions inside living cells...