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...fissionable (atom-explosive) material many times. This can mean several things: 1) that the efficiency of the nuclear explosion has increased, giving more energy from the material; 2) that bombs powerful enough for most purposes can now be made with less material; 3) that the new bombs are much lighter, easier to deliver upon an enemy, with a lower rate of wasted bombs...
...often make it unnecessary for a ship to steam into the wind for long periods to get its planes away, the British Admiralty expects it to revolutionize naval air tactics. If it works as well with heavy U.S. attack bombers and torpedo planes as it has in tests with lighter planes of the Fleet Air Arm, it will be installed as standard equipment in carriers of the British, Australian and Canadian navies, may also be adopted...
Prevented from cheering the President personally, the club sent Kansas City's beefy Alderman Thomas J. Gavin around to give him its Christmas present-a $275 gold cigarette lighter, which, club members happily reported, had been bought wholesale for $150. "It's real solid gold," Gavin told non-smoker Truman. "Don't give it away, Harry...
...Heavy" X rays showed what had happened to the bones. "Lighter" rays showed the condition of the skin that by now is like tanned hide. And the X rays also showed the typical narrow hips and pelvic girdle of a small boy in astonishing detail...
...COMPANY, at 384 Boylston Street in Boston, has the unusual gift idea of the year. This pair of binoculars, strong, useful, and good-looking, folds up into its leather case to the size of a wallet. It sells for only $18.00. Also at Bigelow's is this Parker butane lighter, which will mystify friends and provide a year of lights to the heaviest smoker without refilling. It costs...