Word: melt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dealers like Leon Henderson, fervent Weir-haters all, agreed with his criticism of the Administration for having been so slow. Their common ground: U. S. pig-iron production has lagged behind the steelmaking rate, forced steel men to use more & more scrap in each melt. But steel operations, at capacity for weeks, are already running ahead of the scrap supply. Best evidence of the scrap squeeze: in depressed 1938, the industry melted 18,000,000 tons of scrap, of which 10,000,000 tons were piled up out of waste material at its plants, 8,000,000 tons bought. Last...
...younger than Earth, then Mars appears much older. It is smaller and colder than Earth, has lost most of its atmosphere and water. But a thin atmosphere it still has, perhaps containing a little oxygen. And Mars has a little water, as the white polar caps show. These caps melt in the Martian summer, accumulate again in winter. The excitement over possible Martian inhabitants was started in the 19th Century by the Italian astronomer Schiaparelli, who described hazy streaks on the surface, called them canali. This Italian word means "channels," was erroneously translated "canals," which connotes intelligent engineering...
...understanding that grows out of debate is the only secure fortification for neutrality. The shallow thinkers will be the first to turn coat when a real wave of emotionalism controlled by a pro-Ally press and a pro-Ally administration floods the country. The slogans and shibboleths will melt away like sand-bags. The Student Union made no mistake when it asked Professor Elliott to present the case for intervention. His arguments must be heard. The answer must be incorporated in any firm and lasting stand for American neutrality...
What this college needs is Ann Sheridan, visiting lecturer on oomph, in person, to melt the snow on the sidewalks, to roam through the stacks of Widener calling to the lost souls of Poon men, to burn up the boards of the New Lecture Hall...