Word: lighter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...primitive equipment, he repeatedly bombarded the element uranium with neutrons in an effort to create new man-made radioactive isotopes. According to the theories of the time, the neutrons should have combined with the nucleus of the uranium atoms to produce heavier, unstable isotopes. Yet he kept finding lighter atoms of barium. Gradually, the inexplicable presence of the barium, which is only about half the weight of uranium, persuaded Hahn that he had done what had always been considered impossible: he had split the atom...
...Force man's liver trouble persisted for five months, his wife's for six weeks. The children were not so severely ill, and the six younger got off lighter than the two elder-a paradox of hepatitis that doctors cannot explain...
...wife of the New Jersey Governor, checked into Kempner clinic at Duke University Medical Center for a course in dieting. The pounds didn't melt away, and at times she had to resort to fasting to hurry the process along. Yet today, 18 weeks and 80 lbs. lighter, Mrs. Hughes is down to size 16. The magic formula: medication, a bland diet consisting mostly of rice and a rigorous regimen of exercise...
...look for such vaporous leaks in the earth's crust. But in areas where the energy remains trapped underground, geologists must use more sophisticated techniques. One method employs infra-red aerial photography. Since the infra-red film is sensitive to heat, geothermal areas are likely to show up lighter in the picture. Another method measures the earth's electrical conductivity, which increases with the presence of subsurface hot water. To tap the subterranean energy, engineers drill with standard oil rigs, going down as little as 600 ft. or as much as 8,000 ft., the depth...
...movie updates the book to present policies, which give the soldiers more freedom of action such as torturing a Vietcong infiltrator because he's carrying the cigarette lighter of a dead Green Beret...