Word: eye
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...upper teeth: its contour by following the curve of the nasal bone. To get the fullness of the cheeks he held a pencil from the cheekbone down to the jawbone and allowed a little for normal rounding. He used the same instrument to determine the set of the eyes, holding it slantwise from the eye socket to the cheekbone. (If you do this to yourself, you will find it leaves just enough room for the eyelashes to brush against the pencil...
...eye business, optometrists occupy a position between oculists and opticians. Oculists, or ophthalmologists are full-fledged M.D.'s who have chosen to specialize in the treatment of eye disorders. It is their job to use drugs and surgery when necessary. They also prescribe glasses; in fact any physician may legally do so, though most nonspecialists do not. Optometrists do not need a medical degree, must be licensed, are not allowed to give medicinal or surgical treatment. They examine for refractive errors such as astigmatism, nearsightedness, farsightedness, prescribe lenses, generally fill their own prescriptions in a back room...
...Contact lenses (TIME, Aug. 18, 1930) are thin glass shells which are fitted directly onto the eyeball, are almost invisible when in place. They are inconspicuous for actors and other vain persons, convenient for athletes. Since the curvature of the eye varies from one individual to another, a lucky fit is necessary for contact lenses to be worn for long periods without irritation. Hence although they have been known for 80 years, only about 3,000 have been successfully worn. For six years Dr. William Feinbloom, research fellow of Columbia University, labored on the problem of a lens made...
...sheriff's posse, join the legendary Lone Star police force to facilitate their operations as cattle thieves. It has an opposite effect. After a brush with the redskins in which Wahoo is wounded and Jim emerges a hero, Ranger esprit de corps creeps into Wahoo, Jim begins to eye the Ranger boss's daughter. Thereafter both take their chores with increasing seriousness until the final test of their loyalty comes in the order to get their old friend Sam. Not until Sam has broken the rule of friendship by shooting Wahoo, can Jim bring himself...
This advice came from a large transport plane circling over Cook County. In it, getting a bird's eye view of the area, were a county highway chief and a local judge. When either of them spotted a traffic jam below or detected excessive road friction due to accident or highway construction, he spoke into a short-wave radio transmitter, ordered police-squad automobiles to the spot or offered advice directly to motorists by means of a rebroadcast by Station WBBM...