Word: finely
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first fertilization of mammalian ova in vitro-a polite way of saying that conception took place in a glass vessel. He took ova from a doe rabbit, sperm from a buck, mixed them in a culture flask, implanted the fertilized ova in another doe which, at term, produced a fine litter (TIME, March 12, 1934). Since then the scientist has been able, by skillful coddling, to keep fertilized ova alive for ten days in vitro before implantation in the mother...
Next morning Critic Barton complimented Actor Potter on a "fine, if fragmentary, job," expressed the desire to "see more of his work." But for Potter there wasn't going to be any more. "The place for the critic," he announced with emphasis, "is behind the typewriter...
...Strong, elastic and capable of being spun exceedingly fine, Vinyon's big drawback as a garment textile is that it shrivels at 160° Fahrenheit, cannot be ironed...
Before long Edward Bruce's good friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, had him heading a newly created Section of Fine Arts, charged with supervising such decoration. Very few ladies in cheesecloth have found their way into Federal buildings since. The sort of art which has replaced them was amply demonstrated last week by a 456-item show in Washington's Corcoran Gallery, celebrating the Section of Fine Arts' fifth anniversary...
...Germanic Museum. Never before has the element of vengeance entered the realm of art and music, but in a series of pen sketches by Oberlaender, entitled "Piano's Revenge," a new vista of conjecture is opened for those who appreciate the rare combination of real humor and fine craftsmanship...