Word: fluid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Carrier will teach a course open to graduates and advanced undergraduates on "Strength of Materials." He will also do work in applied mechanics, especially fundamental problems in elasticity and fluid mechanics...
Beyond the waiting room is the treatment room. Syringes filled with an amber fluid lie on a counter. Along one wall are chairs for four patients, and behind them are tanks of compressed air. The treatment: the patient sits in a chair and an attendant fits respirator tubes in his nostrils. After a flick of a valve, the patient inhales a mixture of air and Dr. Lincoln's bacteriophage* in one of its two varieties, Alpha or Beta. Patients who cannot walk indoors for treatment can get curb service in their cars...
...musketry, aimed high; the Aleuts fell flat on their faces from shock. All in all, the Russians were unimpressed with the inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere, especially with their custom of plugging the nose with tough grass: "When they took this out, it gave off a quantity of fluid which they licked up with their tongues...
...freshman eligibility question at Washington is in a fluid state, depending on the decision of the Faculty Committee on Athletics. Previous to last year freshman were not allowed to play on a varsity squad, but due to a manpower shortage and the general college action on freshman eligibility, Washington did make them eligible for the 1951-52 season...
...Eglevsky, Robbins and Magallanes) joined them in a fluid, swiftly changing pattern. In the second movement, "Theme and Variations," Balanchine exploited Tallchief's precision, Diana Adams' elegant lyricism, Melissa Hayden's athletic excellence. The "Minuet" interlude for the corps de ballet was dainty, but with too much energy and verve to be precious. The Finale, with the full company on stage, sent the critics racing hot-eyed for their typewriters...