Word: karat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...medical confreres were vexed at his publicity. The explanation: radium activates chemical processes that would otherwise occur very slowly if at all. Chemicals coloring the hard carbon-crystals of diamond are oxidized by radium in salts or even weak solutions. Cost ratio: a $100 yellow stone (½ karat) was changed to a $700 blue-white stone in four days, using $8,000 worth (100 milligrams) of radium. The less radium, the longer the time necessary. A difficulty: for speediest effects, the gems, and hands of the experimenters, must be directly exposed to the radium, risking burns...
...Berengaria (Cunard)-Gloria Swanson, cinema actress; Georges Car pentier and his manager, volatile Francois Descamps. On the Majestic (White Star)-Florence Easton, Metropolitan Opera singer; Samuel H. Church, President of the Carnegie Institute. On the De Grasse (French)-Joseph C. Stehlin, famed U. S. ace, with a 183-karat diamond bought from the ex-Sultan of Morocco; Florence Walton and Leon Leitrim, dancers. On the Leviathan (United States) - Henry M. Robinson, Los Angeles banker, to assist Owen D. Young in the op eration of the Experts' Plan; Warren Pershing, son of General Pershing, to attend an English public school...
...would immediately become a real martyr, make the yellow as glorious as the cross, found a new religion, or even get himself worshipped during the coming millenium. If not, at least such a uniform would serve very speedily to weed out the mock martyrs from the genuine 14 karat messiahs. ELISHA K. KANE...
...first letter, concerning the "14 Karat Messiabs" will undoubtedly amuse the children. It does not, certainly, add anything other than a touch of color to the very sincere and serious discussion of the undergraduates, who believe that "Life is real, life is earnest" and mean to start here and now on the thorny path which leads not, perhaps, to martyrdom, but possibly to a much more desirable...
...yard run, 1000-yard run, standing high jump (3-inch limit), 300-yard run, one-mile walk, three-mile run, and putting the 16-pound shot (5 feet limit). The New York Athletic Club offers the following prizes to the winners in the several events: First place, an 18-karat gold medal; second place a silver medal; and third place, a bronze medal...