Word: much
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When asked if the mechanical man could walk, Captain Richards stated that without a sense of balance, nothing, on two legs, could walk. At the suggestion of a gyroscope, he said, that the necessary mechanism would weigh far too much and that it would fall at the least irregularity of the path...
...Much as his students in the Architectural School will miss the leadership of Professor Pray, they are but the least to regret his loss. A whole profession is the poorer for his passing...
...important person, to take the place of the Duke of York, in opening the Exhibition of the Society of Model Engineers, in London. Since I was secretary of the organization, I decided to make a Robot who could open the exhibition. After many disappointments, it was perfected and amid much excitement, the mechanical man made his debut...
Zasu Pitts carries the brunt of the work, doing a much more careful job as the gangster's moll than Ruth Chatterton, whose sobs as the mother bereft never equal the gusto of that master of the choked gurgle, Mr. Al Jolson (applause, a little scattered). When Mickey Bennett sits on the sofa with the little girl with the curls, and she attempts to pull his head down on her juvenile and probably bony breast, and he draws away, she says: "Don't you understand?" It's a talkie...
...Make objections through diplomatic channels, of course, and seek redress in the customary manner. But what if our officials politely but firmly fall to be blamed, or that any compensation is necessary? Then the consequences are not always happy! Were there a recognized universal law which could be applied, much time could be saved and dangerous complications averted...