Word: lights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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January 10--"Infra-Red Light. Ultra-Violet Light. Fluorescence. Phosphorescence...
January 13--"Interference of Light Waves. Diffraction. Polarized Light...
...Before man was, or fish or birds or living things were, the postal service existed. . . . Before there was a mode of writing, before there were nations or kings or governments, there were messengers bearing news. "LET THERE BE LIGHT" was the first message to sweep across the face of the earth, according to the book of Genesis; and God, Himself, was the delivering Postman, and for six days God created and delivered messages to the earth, and He, on the seventh day, rested." Thus began the first of many rhapsodies, conceived by U. S. Postmaster W. J. O'Callaghan...
...love with the Duke of Illyria in love with the proud Olivia in love with the shipwrecked maid impersonating her twin brother are too frequently allowed to lag into slow comedy only partially relieved by the Bard's verse. Not so in this case. The cast mercifully interpret light comedy in a gay spirit unoppressed by the playwright's reputation. Sometimes the humor is even flavored with slapstick, as in the case of Egon Brecher's Sir Toby Belch, who does. Yet so airily do the players carry off the Shakespearean fancies that the audience readily forgives...
...largest year, found itself in an excellent position to bear out that saying. Its own stability was implied by its possession of a car for every pocketbook-Cadillac, Buick, Oakland, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Chevrolet; of specialties and accessories- Yellow Cab and Coach, G. M. C. Truck, Delco Light, Fisher Body, Jackson Wheel, A. C. Spark Plug, Harrison Radiator; and of the huge sideline, Frigidaire, which ranked only after Buick and Chevrolet as an earner this year...