Word: mirroring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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MONUMENTAL GRANDEUR OF THE MISSISSIPPI SHOWN IN A MAGNIFICENT SCENIC MIRROR COVERING 15,000 FEET OF CANVAS, ILLUSTRATING THE SPLENDID SCENES THAT OCCUR UPON THE FATHER OF RIVERS...
...said that the Navy's power and prestige were being "nibbled to death" and that their service's morale was being wrecked. Replied Bradley sharply: "Senior officers decrying the low morale of their forces evidently do not realize that the esprit of the men is but a mirror of their confidence in their leadership." As for admirals risking their careers to carry their case to the public, Bradley snapped: "I would like to offer some impartial advice to all aspiring martyrs: to be successful in a sacrifice, he must be 100% right . . . His sacrifice must...
...world's most troublesome piece of glass, the 200-in. mirror of Palomar's Hale telescope, is back in shape again. Observatory Director Dr. Ira S. Bowen announced last week that the mirror, which was taken out for repolishing last May, has been tested on the stars and pronounced O.K. In places as much as 20 millionths of an inch of glass was polished off. Next step will be to cover the mirror with its shining coat of aluminum. Dr. Bowen hopes the big telescope will be hunting nebulae again by the first of the year...
...combination living & dining room, glittering with thousands of flecks of gold-colored plastic thread woven in chairs, sofa and carpet, the huge mirror forming the far wall parted; through it, from her hidden boudoir, stepped Viola Loewy, his 28-year-old bride of less than a year, to join him at breakfast...
...sponsor, Speidel Corp., into letting him make television recordings of his show on the West Coast two weeks before it was shown to the rest of the country. It seemed unlikely that Eastern critics would duplicate the West Coast raves ("The ultimate in TV comedy," cried the Los Angeles Mirror). Variety complained of Wynn's "vintage jokes and facial contortions," and commented acidly: "If he was trying to imitate Milton Berle he outdid him by staying in camera range longer...