Word: inches
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hidden sheen here. No sheen in the clothing, at any rate. They are impeccable--the soft white spat, glove, nosegay--the starchy white shirt, collar, handkerchief--the black topper and morning dress coat--the sparkling shoes, still black on the soles--the pin-stripe trousers breaking at the proper inch above the instep--the soft, luxuriant Ascot--and concealed somewhere in all this the wallet, the very full wallet, the wallet full of grandfather's money (rest him), or father's money (good old Dad). Or perhaps even other people's money (poor suckers). But the sheen is still present...
...thickness of cable covering depends on location. Near shore, insulation is heaviest, up to 4 1/2 in. thick; in midocean, a cable is just over one inch in diameter. Though no cables have worn out their hazards are many-earthquakes, marine worms, icebergs, anchors, wars, fishermen. Finding damaged cables, picking them up is a comparatively simple matter for modern instruments. To keep cables in repair, 30 maintenance ships, strategically placed around the seven seas, go on trouble location at a cost of $1,000 a day, help bring the average yearly cost of upkeep to $300 per mile of cable...
...cannot of course be visualized; but if such is the shape of the hypersphere, the universe must be "open"-i.e., infinite. Some theorists have suggested that the universe may not be spherical but hyperbolic-closed at one end, open at the other. The erection of Caltech's 200-inch telescope in California may possibly settle the question...
...touch with Intelligence, finally tipped them off that Jan. 21, 1938 would be a good day on which to arrest Glading, Williams, Munday and Whomack. They were all caught with highly incriminating papers, according to the Crown, and these included plans for Britain's new super-secret 14-inch naval gun, claimed to be vastly more effective than any other naval weapon of this calibre. Since the Soviet Union is now concentrating on building up the first real Russian navy (TIME, Feb. 28) and is in the market for naval improvements of all sorts, sea-minded Britons have followed...
...Quadrangular. At Exeter and as a Freshman here he put down all challengers. Throwing the 16 lb. in the Yale Meet last spring he reached 45 ft. 6 1/2 in., a foot better than did the Varsity. In the Quadrangular this winter he surpassed 46 feet by 1/2 an inch. His teammate Howard Mendel was second in the Quad Meet, with a heave 6 inches short. Mendel, with his quick snappy put, has been putting the shot out further and further all winter. He may excel Downing before summer comes...