Word: fainted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...London Times called it "an exquisite opera," but the review otherwise showed no deep enthusiasm for the work. The Manchester Guardian faint-praised it as "full of sweet sounds that give delight and do not hurt or exacerbate in the least ... A very moving act of homage." The Daily Express said bluntly that "the piece is not stageworthy. The plot is too insipid. The music ... is too syrup-sweet...
...knew that certain kinds of coal contain small amounts of it, probably concentrated in some way by the ancient plants that coal is made of. So Dr. Brauchli analyzed the ash of modern plants that grow in parts of the eastern U.S. where the water shows faint traces of germanium. He found that some plants, mostly from swampy areas near mountains, have as much as 5% of the metal in their ash. Apparently they "discard" the germanium, depositing it in outlying parts, such as leaves and bark. Dr. Brauchli believes that it might be profitable, in favored spots, to grow...
With Outstretched Hand. One day a woman seemed about to faint when D'Angelo told her that her missing soldier son had been killed. He reached out a wizardly hand to steady her. Before he could touch her, he claims, she felt the strength of his proffered hand. "Let's try again," he said, and made another gesture. Again the woman felt an invisible but powerful force flowing from his fingertips. Thus, says D'Angelo, he discovered that he was a battery of healing "magnetic fluid...
...this is faint praise. The Republican Party, long out of power, with no efficient big-city machines to train its organizers, is short on Brownell's kind of talent. He is top man-but in a major league that through 20 lean years has fallen into many minor-league ways...
...nearly 40 years, Drent sailed the world's seas on the ships of the Nederland Line. At night he watched the faint glow in the sky and came to know it intimately. He made detailed notes and grew so interested that he took two years off to study physics and astronomy at the Sorbonne. Back at sea with his new knowledge and the title of Licencié ès Sciences, he began an intensive study of the zodiacal light. He plotted its hazy outline against the wheeling stars and kept records of its position, which changes with the seasons...