Word: light
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Spinachseed says he is sorry, but "these things must be expected by scientists. Their theories must someday prove insufficient; and others, in the light of new discoveries, will take their place. Time marches on, hand in hand with knowledge...
Solar radiation is the primary cause of ionization in this upper atmosphere, and changes in sun light caused by sunrise, sunset, sunspots, eclipses, or other phenomena, affect the blankets markedly. Harvard sent expeditions to New Hampshire in 1932 and to Russia in 1936 to study the effects of solar eclipse on the ionosphere...
...much as 50% the fees paid the trustee, attorneys and advisers in the reorganization of Utilities Power & Light Corp., now in Federal court in Chicago. The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 gave SEC, instead of the Federal courts, the power to set maximum fees in reorganization. Last week was the first time SEC exercised this power. The ruling, which almost certainly will be regarded as a precedent, followed the trend for making reorganizations as inexpensive as possible...
...squadron of airplanes, in the form of a cross, roared over Budapest and the rippling Danube. The river, banded by bridges, the buildings and monuments on both its banks blazed with batteries of searchlights, neon lights, torches, candles. No less than 1,000,000 people thronged the Danube banks when down the river, six miles to St. Margaret Island and back, steamed a procession of ten vessels from which sounded trumpet and organ music. In the steamers were cardinals, archbishops, bishops, priests, monks, nuns and laymen of the Roman Catholic Church. One boat bore, in a golden monstrance...
...will be obtained to supplement the heavier ambulance purchased last year. "This machine darts onto the battlefield, picks up the less seriously wounded, and carries them back to the medical unit, while the heavier vehicle is reserved for those with hurts so serious that such hurried trips in a light truck might have fatal effects...