Word: lightly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...master came accidentally to light. Mrs. Frank Brunner, of Rockaway Beach, N.Y., who "always liked having original paintings and water-colors in our house," made a habit of dropping in at local auctions every now & then, to pick up a fresh one. Six years ago she had spent $6 on a little watercolor of a farmer trailing home with his scythe at dusk, because she "liked the coloring." It looked very nice in the living room, until a friend of the family happened to suggest she look under the edge of the frame to see if the picture...
...airplane speed record returned to the U.S. last week after almost ten years in Europe. Veteran Army Test Pilot Colonel Albert Boyd, 40, made four three-kilometer (1.86 mi.) runs, with and against a light breeze, in a jet-propelled Lockheed P-80R over Muroc Dry Lake, Calif. His average speed: 623.8 m.p.h., only 7.8 m.p.h. faster than Britain's record, hung...
Flashes of Light. With oxygen poisoning, the victim grows pale, feels as if he were choking, has attacks of nausea, is alternately exhilarated or depressed, has hallucinations (flashes of light, halos around everything, sounds as of bells and knocking). Finally his lips begin to twitch violently (the most common symptom); he goes into convulsions and falls unconscious. The final symptoms are much like those of an epileptic fit. But the victim quickly revives on breathing fresh air and, except for an oxygen jag lasting about an hour, shows no bad aftereffects...
...Light Pound. The Newpacot Corp., exporters, advertised in the Wall Street Journal for anyone "interested in purchasing ?67,500 blocked sterling in London at a big discount." President C. Y. Wang, up against the international dollar shortage, explained that the "big discount" was "10% or more" on the official rate of $4.03. The New York price for sterling notes is $3.20 but an individual can only take ?20 into England...
...Leandro, Calif, last week, housewives were exploring a new kind of super market. They entered through pale lemon-yellow portals, found themselves surrounded by soothing pastel-green walls and bright, indirectly lighted murals of leaves and ferns. On the lightweight aluminum carts awaiting them, a printed directory told where everything could be found. On the way out, they were pleasantly surprised to find plenty of checkers who kept things moving. They were also surprised to discover how much they had bought; the light carts held 2½ times as much as the ordinary basket...