Word: gussets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...motor point" of the phrenic nerve. For this, his Swiss-born wife Charlotte (who is also his laboratory assistant) served as a human guinea pig. When they found the spot, after hours of probing her neck with the electrode, her diaphragm contracted forcefully and she took a gusset-popping deep breath. Dr. Sarnoff had proved his device. Last year, he and his team of coworkers* called in a manufacturer to make technical improvements in the machine and turn out a pilot model. As now perfected, it is no bigger than a portable radio, can be plugged into ordinary house current...
Last week the U. S. economy was still far from armed. But it was far enough along for a fitting. A few plates and greaves fitted comfortably. Vast sections of the leviathan's flank were still naked, quivering freely. Here and there a real squeeze was felt, a gusset threatened to break. Items...