Word: moone
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Scientists divide earthquakes into two main groups, those of volcanic origin (generally local in character), and what they call tectonic earthquakes: slipping and faulting of the earth's crust either from subsurface erosion or (as many now hold) a result of the gravital pull of the sun and moon. Though Vesuvius had been in mild eruption for a fortnight before last week's quake, Italy's greatest seismologist, Professor Giovanni Agamennone, insisted that last week's cataclysm belonged to the latter class...
...There will always be earthquakes, just as it will always be necessary to adjust flywheels. The spinning of the earth is not unlike a flywheel's motion. Factors are constantly at work calling for readjustment. Pressure on different parts of the earth's crust varies. Even the moon may have some effect. I look upon the quake recorded yesterday as the first of a series...
...agent obeyed, found Mile Salzmann to be aged 21, pretty, romantic. The agent also was young. Under the Swiss moon he made love to his victim. Presently he knew that "Esther" meant "shipment"; "uncle'' meant "Customs officer." "Money" therefore meant a bribe. He had unearthed a smuggling plot which had permitted at least $1,000,000 in watches to enter the U. S. free of duty, defrauding the Government of $350,000 a year...
Other social customs observed by Dr. Powdermaker: a husband is forbidden to speak to his mother-in-law, mention her in public, enter a room which she occupies. Having no conception of time the New Irishmen's night life is governed solely by the moon. On bright nights they carouse mightily, disport themselves happily. Particularly happy are they when someone dies or is born when the moon is full. Such events are celebrated with feasts which frequently get out of control and last for a month...
...annoyed by bizarre moon publicity is Clark University's Robert Hutchings Goddard, father of the rocket exploration idea, that he has shrouded his rocket research with secrecy, has refused all interviews. News stories last year told how the greatest Goddard rocket (9 ft. long) exploded 1,000 ft. in the air, disappointed him and so terrified Worcester (Mass.) townspeople that they moved to prevent any further rocket shooting (TIME, July 29, 1929). Last week better news came when it was announced that Daniel Guggenheim, air-minded philanthropist, had given Rocketeer Goddard $25,000 for experiments, would give...