Word: mirrored
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...other critics in order of guess ability were: J. Brooks Atkinson (Times), John Anderson (Journal), Percy Hammond (Herald Tribune), Walter Winchell (Mirror), Robert Garland (World-Telegram), Richard Lockridge (Sun), Gilbert Seldes (Graphic), Burns Mantle (News), Gilbert Gabriel (American...
...rarefied layer, presumably 20 mi. deep, encountered about eight miles above the earth's surface. The temperature is curiously stationary: about ?75° F. About 40 mi. beyond the stratosphere is the mysterious Heaviside Layer of ionized gases, from which radio waves "bounce" like light rays from a mirror...
...announcement is possible to be made at the present time concerning the material of the large mirror, the details of mounting, or of the net cost of construction, which is being financed, together with the other additions to the plant, by contributions from the University, the Rockefeller Foundation and friends of the department. Accessory equipment will include apparatus for the study of spectra and light variations of the stars, their temperatures, dimensions, and motions. The equipment already in the possession of the plant has been particularly suited to covering fields of large stars; the new reflector will specialize...
...Author. Serious, conscientious Erich Maria Remarque worked hard on The Road Back, was dissatisfied with the ending and finally decided to change it, land on account of his lungs. Walter Winchell, Manhattan colyumist (Daily Mirror), did not improve his reputation for veracity when he helped circulate the rumor that Remarque's real name is Kramer (Remarque spelled backwards). Mobilized at 18, Remarque was repeatedly wounded on the Western Front. The War, which maimed his hand, put an end to his ambition to become a pianist. He does not regard himself as a literary man, says both his books...
...device consists essentially of a fast camera hidden behind a mirror. The mirror contains a hole. After the subject has leisurely arranged his pose, clothes and face the way he wants to have them (reflecting mirrors help him pose for profile and half-profile views) he presses an electric button. The front mirror drops; the hole flashes past the camera lens; the pose registers on the film. An attendant sends the films to New Haven for developing, retouching and printing on cabinet size pictures. Cost of one dozen PhotoReflex prints is considerably under standard studio rates. Greater...