Word: light
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three committees: 1) a Government committee under Interior Secretary Krug to tabulate national resources, 2) another Government committee to assess the effect on the U.S. economy of aid to others, and 3) a nonpartisan committee of 19 citizens to make foreign aid recommendations to the White House in the light of the facts...
...Boles, who takes a dim view of all current treatments, including stomach surgery, suggested that the best ulcer patients can do is to stick to the doctor's prescription as strictly as diabetics and tuberculosis patients. "In the light of our present knowledge," said he, "I believe we should regard ulcer as an incurable disease. It may be held in abeyance, however, by cultivating a new manner of living. With some, this is easy; with others who are involved in a squirrel-cage existence, it is difficult, if not impossible...
...Driver's Seat. Military scientists in every major country are working to correct this defect. "Practically all natural physical laws," says Colonel McCutcheon, "are being investigated to determine their suitability for guidance systems. Television, heat, light and sound all offer possibilities; magnetic, electric and gravitational fields are also being considered. . . . The first nation which arrives at a workable and practical solution to the problem will be in the driver's seat...
...calculated course toward the target, as the V-weapons were. "Command" missiles follow orders (radio signals) from the ground, a ship, or a piloted aircraft. "Along-the-way" missiles carry equipment which detects deviations from an established course through space. "Homing" missiles are attracted, like moths to a street light, by the target itself. If the target gives off sound waves, light, heat, or electrical influences, the missile picks up the trail and follows it to the kill...
...many years ago, ad-hungry radio stations in U.S. small towns occasionally shut their eyes and accepted such commercials as this (a veiled ad for a local bawdy house). Today, an outfit called the Keystone Broadcasting System has brought the "coffee pots" and "light bulbs" such a haul of national advertising that they can turn down ads for Tessie...