Word: gaps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...good life of old New England that was expressed in a good literature was brisk, independent, self-confident, self-sacrificing. After the War of 1812 New Englanders were feeling the first consciousness of victory and stability, and more & more citizens were becoming aware of the great gap between the European literature they absorbed and the peaceful, industrious, spirited lives they led. Men of affairs were also men of letters, but were like ordinary citizens in their manner of life, living simply, getting up early, working hard. One such was John Quincy Adams who felt that he could not have endured...
...long, the soft brass or bronze is burned and the seam ruined. In the Longoria device the weld is made with a small needle projecting from an insulated handle. When the needle is lifted from the seam, current stored in three condensers is discharged, a spark jumps the gap and just the right amount of heat is delivered to make a good seam. On this apparatus and process Dr. Longoria was granted U. S. Patents Nos. 1,972,529 and 1,972,530. The method was respectfully discussed last March in The Welding Engineer...
...sludgy little Harlem River. Between it and Queens on Long Island churns Hell Gate, connecting East River with Long Island Sound.* Until last week there was no way, except for a feeble ferry, for motorists on the mainland to reach Long Island without passing through Manhattan. This traffic gap was then closed by the ceremonious opening of a $60,300,000 collection of viaducts and spans called the Triborough Bridge...
...portrayal of Dr. Moriarty in Sherlock (1907), he was a member in good standing of the Paris pre-War esthete set, friend of Picasso, Apollinaire, Max Jacob. Forgotten by his public when the War was over, he worked his way up in bit parts, made his cinema debut in Gap Perdu (1930). U. S. audiences have seen him as the father in Poll de Carotte, in the French version of Les Miserables...
Already open to traffic for several months, this $20,000,000 road is paved all the way except for one 69-mile gap. To dedicate it, Mexico planned elaborate ceremonies at Nuevo Laredo, including a motorcade of 50 distinguished U. S., Mexican and Guatemalan citizens traveling over the road. Leaving the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia last week, Vice President Garner journeyed south to Texas to head the U. S. delegation part...