Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...truck and foremast, slung the Stars and Stripes upside-down from the shrouds. Captain Milton dived into the flooded cabin, brought up a case of whiskey, some canned salmon, a flask of water. Diving down again, he found the ship's cat, Fluffy, on a shelf above water level in the cabin, brought her up in a sea bag, along with blankets, the ship's chronometer, a sextant, a flashlight, a picture of his wife...
...Culler also pointed out last week that diabetic humans find they can hear better after a dose of insulin has reduced their blood-sugar level. He also declared that normal people hear less well after their sugar level has been raised by "a good square meal." This would indicate that, for best reception, speeches should be made before banquets instead of afterward...
...Curtiss and Astin found that cosmic rays were thickest twelve miles up, where the intensity is 200 times that at sea level. This agrees closely with the findings of Caltech's famed Robert Andrews Millikan. who sent balloons to 92,000 ft., recorded a cosmic-ray peak...
Last week prices suddenly returned to the official level. As usual, no steel company would comment, but it was clear: 1) that the automobile companies had completed most of their fall buying; 2) that by finally acknowledging and meeting the surreptitious price cuts, Big Steel had convinced its angry competitors that, even if it is not a monopoly, it is still too big for them to trade punches with...
...course covered by the field started at the Newell Boat House, rounded the Metropolitan Race Track, and finished at the Boat House. It was used in preference to the four and a half mile level course run in the past...