Word: mode
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Southern gentleman of the old school, and although he knew nothing about penicillin, jet propulsion and atomic bombs-even in my wildest moments I could not imagine him calling the President of the United States a "niffle." We have improved in many ways on my father's mode of life, but certainly we have not improved on his simple moral code contained in the now almost forgotten Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have others do unto...
...cyclotron filled a gap in their tool-chest. Cyclotrons are used to bombard target material with particles traveling at different rates of speed. To get a whole range of speeds, physicists need several cyclotrons of different power. Before the new Harvard cyclotron appeared, there was only one very powerful mode--the 400,000,000 volt job owned by the University of California--and quite a few smaller ones of not much more than 30,000 volts. The Harvard cyclotron helped to provide the much wanted middle range of power and speed...
...seduction a mode of production...
MACARTHUR: "I have never known it in the American Army and I know of no precedents any place ... I don't think there is any question that the interest of the United States was jeopardized in such a summary mode of turning over great responsibilities which involve the security of the country." Was Acheson responsible? No. "It was the judgment of one individual. The final judgment will be made by public opinion and the historical future...
...Hauser in Cosmopolitan threw a faint ray of light on the dietitian's onetime romance with Greta Garbo. "She was lonely, shy . . ." wrote Ernest Lehman. "Gayelord was gregarious, expansive and as full of self-confidence as he was of vegetable juice ... He supervised her diet, her health, her mode of living. They made garlic juice together...