Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cumulative impact of such developments will force changes for which our colleges and universities may be ill prepared unless they take this opportunity to reappraise their curricula, their customary time schedules and indeed their educational objectives...
Your article on Business in 1941 is a model in technique for all of us who are trying to understand and explain the violent impact...
...both types of photoluminescence are similar physical phenomena. Many luminescent materials are crystalline. Impact of light waves moves some electrons away from their normal position within the latticed clumps of molecules called phosphors. Then, as each electron moves back to its original orbit, it emits light waves. Length of afterglow depends upon the time taken by the electrons in returning...
...sudden impact of the war has clarified beyond a shadow of doubt our immediate policy. The steadily aggressive power of the German and Japanese governments has got to be checked by force. On that much we are absolutely clear. But while it's easy to know what we're fighting the war against, it's not nearly so easy to know what we're fighting it for. It's here that we're dazed and bewildered. This is a war that we didn't want, for a lot of things that we don't particularly want. Why has it come...
...murderess who kills her benefactress in order to provide a home for her two helpless sisters. Louis Hayward is excellent as her conniving nephew. And each of the supporting roles is masterfully handled, with an attention to detail that fills every scene with an unmatched intensity and impact...