Word: narrowness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...other than primates have their eyes in the front of their faces (the young human fetus also has its eyes at the sides of its head). Because their visual fields do not overlap, they do not have binocular vision. The visual fields of hares and rabbits overlap behind their narrow heads, an essential for such hunted creatures. But they do not have stereoscopic vision. Their brains are insufficiently developed for that refinement...
...merchant bought the lamp from a wholesale house (which would presumably take a profit of at least 3% for itself) for $1. he must mark it up to $1.07. The price would nevertheless be stabilized within narrow limits. So that a store's stocks might not become frozen through the operation of this provision, bona fide clearance sales, disposal of perishable goods and discontinued lines, genuine liquidation, were permitted at any prices a merchant chose...
...scientists of the 12th Century were theologians. The Church was not only the narrow way of salvation but the only road to knowledge. When Peter Abelard sought fame as a scholar he inevitably became a tonsured celibate. Within the frame of orthodox Catholic theology (once thought sufficient to contain the universe) Abelard was not only a brilliant scholar but a bold thinker. Envious' and less able enemies had maneuvered him out of one hall of learning after another, but wherever he was he drew throngs of worshipful listeners. Authoress Waddell's narrative finds him at the peak...
Tuesday, October 24, at 3 o'clock: half-mile narrow comp race...
...club has recently received word that it was awarded third place in the annual Loening Intercollegiate Flying Club contest, having lost by a narrow margin to the clubs from William and Mary College and the University of Michigan. Strenuous efforts will be made during the year to regain the Loening trophy, which Harvard has frequently held in the past...