Word: lighting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Holy Cow!" At week's end new light had been thrown into some murky corners...
Caroling over loud speakers goes on at all times in the old town square in Prague, where people assemble to view the elaborate Yule decorations. "This caroling tradition is continued in the family's Christmas celebration: after the children light the candles on the tree, everyone sings carols until dinner arrives," Miss Parsons added...
...biggest--and easiest to shop. Any store contains enough perfume, of various and assorted smells, to drown in, and the salesgirls will be happy to spray you with drams of it. But unless you know your girls taste in scents, stay away from heavy, dramatic perfumes and pick light brands--or she may trade it to her roommate for a chocolate bar without nuts...
Traditionally, they hold long tapers, from which other students light small candles...
Just how bad an effect this lighting has on the students who work under it is pretty uncertain. Back in 1936 a Missouri elementary school ran off an experiment which discovered that students working under "adequate" lighting got 20 percent better grades than a control group. But a follow-up at an Ohio Western Electric plant, corelating production with lighting, went the other way: workers, believing the light was improving, jumped their output enthusiastically as the illumination was cut to around that of moonlight. It has been determined, however, that lighting of the College's present caliber will inevitably cause...