Word: newfangledness
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A forgotten Tory once remarked in defense of his favorite magazine: "British humor is not to be laughed at." Punch's readers still resent any newfangled notions in their magazine, like it to keep a little behind the times. It still appears (except for its semiannual specials, the Summer...
Heart Man. In heart cases particularly, many doctors insist on prolonged rest in bed. But Dr. Tinsley R. Harrison, a heart specialist of Southwestern Medical College, Dallas, said this was just a newfangled notion. He cited the cases of two famous physicians-Sir James Mackenzie, "the father of modern cardiology...
Though Carter men were coy, oil-wise Oklahomans were sure that the Cottingham was a "commercial" well, i.e., could produce enough oil to recoup lifting costs and then some, though not necessarily enough to pay off the $200,000-plus drilling costs. And Oklahoma's Ickes-feuding Senator Edward...
But the B-29 has a newfangled substitute for the drafty, buffeting waist positions from which Fortress and Liberator gunners fire at enemy planes. It has side turrets operated by remote control.
The Luftwaffe was at wit's end. Its fighters might hurt but they could never stop the ponderous, night-hidden R.A.F. Fighter protection for U.S. daylight formations is neutralizing the Luftwaffe's newfangled rockets and its bombing technique against U.S. formations-so long as the bombers stay within...