Word: invention
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...expansive equatorial region to the envious eyes of the not-so-scholastically fortunate. In other words President Lowell is to hand out Phi Beta Kappa keys to those students whose intellectual harvest is leavened with the appropriate number of alphas and betas. May Diogenes discover, or CRIMSON repertorial inquisitors invent the recipient of such a pendant who is proud to wear a wrist-watch...
Most U. S. citizens think of Edgar Allan Poe as a morose genius who wrote horrible stories magnificently and died of drink. Many remember that he was one. of New York's most dogmatic literary critics, that he helped invent the detective story. A few know that he was a soldier for three years, for three months a West...
...genius of Edison, already legendary, here shines forth in all its glory. It has amazing extent. Not only does the Wizard figure out what needs inventing and then invent it, but he trains a sales force, markets his product. At heart a chemist, he is entirely at home in physics, astronomy, architecture, politics. Many business practices owe their origin to him. His phenomenal memory recalls with equal ease the make of his first printing press, the dimensions of his early laboratory, scientific facts pertaining to his many inventions, and every superior funny story anyone has told...
...chief reason for his great productivity is that he has applied the methods of big business to the art of invention. His is the idea and the plan of work, but the execution is for his subordinates, who never question his drawings. In 24 hours he drew a complete concrete factory so accurately and imaginatively that were it built today no vital changes would be made. The ingenuity with which he overcame early lack of materials is prodigious. While building the first commercial electric light plant he was forced to invent switches, cables, fuses, even the friction tape for splices...
...time he had alternated cinemas with his plays. Four years ago he went to Holly wood permanently. He takes pleasure in insulting film magnates and commenting mockingly on their methods. Cast in The Sea Beast, made from Herman Melville's Moby Dick, he said: "Hollywood will have to invent a love-interest. Should I fall in love with the whale?" Dolores Costello was cast with him. He married her. He often forgets to shave, has worn the same hat ever since arriving in Hollywood, has his clothes sent from London. His best pictures were Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde...