Word: light
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...television sets." Because TV sets are best viewed headon, "this mechanical fact may elongate the room, to avoid waste space on either side of the optimum viewing arc. Windows must be disposed to preclude the advent of any glare . . . Furniture groupings will be theater-style . . ." As screens grow larger, light in the room will be reduced. This, naturally, will require the use of luminous knives, forks and china...
...long last, the Catholics have recognized and adopted the beauty of the King James phrasing. Example: "God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light." The older Catholic Bible in English, the Douay, had the far less lovely: "And God said: Be light made. And light was made...
...rise in dividends was 8%-from $1,287,100,000 a year ago to $1,392,700,000. Manufacturing led the list with gains of 8% to 20% in everything except food processing, which was up only 3%. Wholesale and retail trade dividends were up 5%, while heat, light, and power dividends fell...
Only at the ends does Coach Little have real cause for the worries he professes, but here Old Man Graduation really took his toll when he removed Bill Swiacki and Bruce Gehrke from the Light Blue roster. Adam Rakowski is the only experienced end returning, but Lion rooters are waiting patiently for Little to wave the same magic wand he used in beating Army last year and come up with someone else to pull down Rossides' heaves...
...strong aggregation is shown by his 27 to 6 win over Rutgers Saturday. But the score does not give a complete picture of what went on at Baker Field. Rutgers had 16 downs to Columbia's 12, netted 202 yards rushing to the Lions' 166, and out-gained the Light Blue through the air, 133 yards to 89. Only four Columbia interceptions, all at crucial moments, gave them their three touchdown scoring edge over Rutgers...