Word: musts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...experts are not sure what particle (or particles) causes this great commotion. Some think the primary rays are electrons which must be moving (to have so much energy) at almost the speed of light. But Dr. Bruno Rossi of M.I.T. presented a paper at last week's meeting claiming that there are practically no electrons or photons (high energy electromagnetic waves) among the primary radiations. They are observed in the showers along with other particles, but Rossi believes that they are formed when the primary ray (whatever it is) hits the atmosphere...
...amazed at the fortune his painting brought him ("It can't be mine," he said once when someone told him his bank balance. "They've made a mistake at the bank; it must belong to someone else"). He felt miscast as a portraitist: "Portrait painting is a pimp's profession...
...residence. At 83, Il Bibi still begins his day at 6, reading or writing or receiving visitors even before he has left his canopied bed. A fine Sassetta Madonna hangs on the wall. Each morning a vase of fresh flowers is brought to Berenson; and each morning his butler must warm his wrist watch to body temperature, lest Il Bibi jump when he straps...
...more authoritarian. "I dread a world state run by biologists and economists ... by whom no life would be tolerated that didn't contribute to an economic purpose . . . Art can offer the surest escape from the tedium of threatening totalitarianism. It mustn't be reckless, freakish, fantastic, but must console and ennoble...
From the Vatican last month came a strongly worded warning to Roman Catholics: they must not participate in religious conferences, prayers or worship with non-Catholics, without special permission from Rome. As the Protestant world prepared for this summer's great conference of 140-odd church groups in Amsterdam,* the repercussions still rumbled...