Word: irregulars
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Where the meters show a level plain or plateau of hidden rocks the air will be lightly and uniformly ionized over large areas and there will be practically no cloud-to-earth lightning flashes. But where the underground profile is jagged with peaks and valleys, the irregular ionic counterparts in the air induce lightning to crash down the ionic ladders...
...hope to increase your sales," is part of the ritual of the Detection Club, devised by such members as Anthony Berkeley, Agatha Christie, G. K. Chesterton. Year ago appeared The Floating Admiral, joint production of 13 members, a chapter by each. But most of the infrequent and irregular meetings are given over to pleasant shop talk, the hilarious initiation of new members...
...clamor of the House dining hall, where he is eating with a friend whose conversation satisfies, pounds in his cars. As the decaying pork is placed on the table, the Vagabond leaves, looking straight before him, intently and desperate. He proceeds, with irregular stops, to a class. His legs are shot through with stabbing pains, and twist them as he may, he cannot soothe them. The lecture speaks more and more slowly, his words finally arriving in a heaving rhythm which leaves the Vagabond with faint shudders. The class closes, and he wanders forth, counting the brown boards...
This is a judicious move, taken speedily at a crucial time. But it brings into sharp relief the condition of those men, who normally being denied the privileges of the University dining halls, eat irregular and poorly-planned meals at the moderately priced restaurants on the Square. Some may like this free-lance dining, yet it may be that the students who eat in this way are prevented from enjoying anything better by their exclusion from the University dining halls...
...wears the usual type of clothing, including lightweight hose and underwear, and a heavy coat which her parents are satisfied is adequate. Throughout her life she has a good appetite and does not diet. She is regarded as a fairly quiet 'home girl,' who does not keep irregular hours and averages between eight and nine hours sleep a night...