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...Bounce. Irregular changes in the brightness of a picture...
...Paris meter bar has served the world well, but there are two things wrong with it. Modern techniques of measurement make the fine engraved lines on the bar seem coarse and irregular. Then too, many scientists feel that the metric system should not be based on an arbitrary length, but upon some length taken from nature itself. Then, if all the meter bars were destroyed (by atomic war, for instance), the standard could be reestablished, as good as ever, when the radioactive smoke had cleared away...
...more inspection tour before leaving for Paris. When his aide, Swedish General Aage Lundström, suggested that he take a detour to avoid snipers, Bernadotte said: "I must take the same risks as my observers." Near Jerusalem's Hebrew University, his car was hit by an irregular's bullet. Said he: "I do not like irregulars, and I do not like to be shot...
...although the river still handles 40% of the country's shipping trade, the traffic is irregular. Two weeks ago, because of the low water, not a steamer moved on the upper river. Such delays, by stretching out trips, cut deep into the profits of the Magdalena companies...
...Idlewild) Airport by domestic airlines, the airport management hired Standard to fly Governor Thomas E. Dewey to Idlewild for the dedication ceremonies. Last week Weiss asked the Civil Aeronautics Board to certify Standard as a scheduled carrier, said frankly that he had been making scheduled flights (forbidden under his "irregular" registration) for the last five months...