Word: flashing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...flash, the Hon. William Alexander Bustamante-Minister of Communications, pistol-toting boss of "Bustamante's Industrial Trade Unions," and leader of the majority Labor Party-was on his feet, his white mane bristling. "I appeal to Mr. Speaker," he roared, "for the withdrawal of the word twist. I refuse to allow anyone to make an imputation against my irreproachable character...
...Graylock in the Berkshires not only didn't have any snow, but the flash floods of the past week washed out most of the roads. As a matter of fact there was better skiing fifty miles from New York City than in most of New England at Christmastime...
Many stars are variable. The "novae" flash into sudden brilliance and then fade back to dimness. Others wax & wane regularly every few days. In a letter to Britain's Nature magazine, D. Stanley-Jones suggests that both types of uneasy stars may be natural versions of the man-made atomic bomb...
Most remarkable are the computing machines, Professor Wiener's own specialty. They are growing with fearful speed. They started by solving mathematical equations with flash-of-lightning rapidity. Now they are beginning to act like genuine mechanical brains. Dr. Wiener sees no reason why they can't learn from experience, like monstrous and precocious children racing through grammar school. One such mechanical brain, ripe with stored experience, might run a whole industry, replacing not only mechanics and clerks but many of the executives...
...exactly 6 o'clock the black limousine slipped up to the canopy again. The door of Blair House opened and Madame Chiang and Mrs. Marshall stood framed in the rectangle of light. As they started down the steps, Madame Chi ang called: "Please don't shoot the flash. I can't see the steps...