Word: method
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...abortion were excellent. However, in discussing ways to attack the problem, you omitted mention of the one step which would provide a simple, scientific, ethical solution: make birth-control information available to all married women through . . . established public health services. For the Catholics, this could be the rhythm method sanctioned by their church; but for all others, it would be the safe and reliable methods recommended by physicians...
...record who can clear his throat each day and say, 'Now, here's what I think. . .' with the assurance that millions will listen . . . [but] in a sense he is irresponsible. No newspaper stands or falls by his words. In him . . . the newspapers have found a method of restoring their lost personal fire without possibly awkward aftermaths...
Developed by the Hercules Powder Co., which worked on the problem for many years, the new method involves a powdered resin called Stabinol. The powder is spread on the soil, a few pounds per square yard; then it is harrowed in six inches deep and the soil is packed hard with a steam roller. The result is a smooth, dry surface that sheds water like a duck's back. It is good for tennis courts, athletic fields, earth dams-and especially for roads. The Army has already begun to use it for roads and airfields...
...research in electronics, photography, radio, lens grinding, chemistry, astronomy, biology. He has built a radio-controlled boat, is working on two projects in which he thinks the Army may be interested: 1) a searchlight of invisible infrared or ultraviolet light for seeing and signaling at night, 2) a method of broadcasting waves of the same frequency as ordinary sound. Girl. Anne Hagopian, 16, a Manhattan architect's daughter. Small, dark Anne learned her science from books and at Manhattan's swank Brearley School. Like Amber, she is an athlete, musician (piano) and likes to paint. A specialist...
...Abbot had developed a method of long-range prediction by measuring variations in the amount of heat the earth gets from the sun. His system works so well that last year he forecast almost to the drop how much rain would fall and which days would be rainy in Washington...