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...belief in the nation's new role in the world. "Once upon a time we were a comfortable, isolated land," he said. "Now we are unavoidably the leader and the reliance of free men throughout this free world. We cannot escape from our prestige nor from its hazard." Vandenberg prayed that the world would not misinterpret U.S. motives. The U.S., he said, only wanted peace-but it must be "peace with righteousness...
...Fire & Light. Another characteristic of radiation is its ability to ionize the air, allowing the escape of static electricity. This is important in many industries where static charges are troublesome or create a fire hazard. And in electronics it is often desirable to ionize the interior of a tube. Fluorescent lamps, for instance, light up more quickly if radioactivity has prepared a path for the current...
...story alone. No one goes to see it because the Romeo is good, or stays home because he isn't. Everything centers on its not quite 14-year-old heroine; for lady stars, Juliet is a final goal and often a graveyard. There is a double hazard: the part demands the maturest art, must convey the most dewy fragrance...
Best Friends. In Jacksonville, Fla., city commissioners approved Hinton Z. Miller's resignation from his job as electric meter reader, on his showing that "since Oct. 18, he has suffered four dog bites, and does not believe he can stand the mental hazard of his occupation...
...World War I, U.S. submarines were mainly engaged in rather uneventful patrol work. Their greatest hazard: dodging attacks by friendly destroyers and aircraft...