Word: filtering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Eighth Army and the X Corps were approaching each other, a junction seemed almost certain this week. After that, the trend of battle would depend on: 1) how many North Koreans would be caught in the southwestern corner; 2) whether these troops would be able to fight or filter north through the Allied line (the U.S. spearheads driving up from the southeast naturally had no solid line behind them); 3) whether the Communists would be able and willing to fight in the northeastern corner of South Korea, with whatever troops could be regrouped in that area. If they did fight...
Cars were halted in two half-mile-long lines at the Matanuska Valley town of Palmer. Blankets and C-rations were assigned, though not actually issued. But mechanics inspected every gas tank, oil gauge, transmission, differential, battery, oil filter, radiator and tire to make sure everything was in working order. Soldiers handed out dummy orders and authorized mock money allotments, and women were instructed on driving in convoys for the sake of safety...
Narrow strips of filter paper, folded near one end, were hooked in the 231 subjects' lower eyelids. After five minutes the length of the dampness on the paper outside the eye gave a measure of the individual's capacity for tears...
Girls and young women from 15 to 29 showed a normal flow of 20 mm. on the filter paper scale, the two doctors report in. the current Archives of Ophthalmology. Less than two-thirds of this flow (13 mm.) was normal for youths and young men from 16 to 29. The doctors squeezed out two more drops of information: from ages 30 to 60, men & women seem to have about the same capacity for tears; beyond 60, women seem to be slightly drier-eyed than...