Word: gaps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...show, designed to frame "an observation window on contemporary politics," did without love interest, filled the gap with action. Hero of the piece: Jeff Tyler, an ex-sergeant of 31-"young enough," explains a Senator scripter, "to be romantic, old enough to have judgment...
...Dudley forces, attributes the success of his club to tight fielding in the clutches and powerful hitting by catcher Dave Bishop, left fielder Ed Haley, and second sacker Andy Lewis. He also praises the fine play of utility infielder Bob Entwhistle, "who will stand ready Wednesday to bridge any gap in the defense...
...open-hearth furnaces; the Carnegie plant at Gary, Ind. had 14,000 tons of finished steel waiting to be shipped. Reason for the car shortage: 1) the roads have 33,000 fewer cars than last year and, afraid of overbuying, have not placed enough orders to fill the gap; 2) freight car builders, hobbled by the steel strike, turned out only a piddling 14,282 cars in the first half of 1946. With steel mills cutting production for lack of cars and car builders cutting production for lack of steel, a vicious circle was being completed...
...basic flaw: at very high speeds it runs head on into relativity. In a cyclotron, nuclear bullets (such as deuterons-the nucleus of the heavy hydrogen atom) are whirled around in a drum divided across the middle, like a halved round cheese. Each time a bullet crosses the gap between the drum halves, it gets an electrical kick, increasing its speed. Because of the bullet's great speed (it circles the drum in millionths of a second), accurate timing of the kick is all-important. But as the bullet approaches the speed of light, it gains in mass, according...
...meat and poultry today; oil, wheat, and textiles tomorrow," he claimed. "Pressure groups in Washington have a way of using a wedge to open any gap they see. I have criticised O.P.A. often, but we don't want to throw out the baby with the bathwater...