Word: light
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...intend here to deprecate any of the fine work being done by the Harvard European Food Relief Committee. They are making magnificent and remarkable strides in handling their difficult problems. My intention has been to impress the tremendous need for food in the Orient, and to throw some light on a currently critical and neglected situation. Michael B. Rothenberg...
...more we study the peace treaties of 1919 under the light of the events that followed," he continued, "the more we find they were the outcome of a successful effort of common sense and good will...
...right to an internship. (Before settling down to a specialty, new teachers need light teaching loads and a chance to try a variety of classroom, and administrative jobs under experienced teachers...
Married. John Huston, 40, Hollywood (and U.S. Army) film writer-producer (The Maltese Falcon, Let There Be Light), son of Actor Walter Huston; and Cinemactress Evelyn Keyes, 26; both for the third time; in Las Vegas...
...ingenious ray-catching tube so sensitive that it can detect a match flame at 60 feet in broad daylight. The basic idea of Weisz's gadget is the detection of minute quantities of ultra violet radiation. In the earth's absorbent atmosphere most natural and electric light rays, except clear sunlight, contain almost no radiation in the far ultraviolet (below 3,000 angstroms*); but an open flame or spark radiates appreciable amounts in that range. Weisz developed a photoelectric adaptation of the Geiger-Miiller counter (usually used for detecting radio activity), which responds to a flame or spark...