Word: objects
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when a curse was designed and intended to call down the wrath of heaven upon any object, animate or inanimate, has happily passed. Today, the words of imprecation, cursing and blasphemy survive in our speech shorn of their real meaning...
Many others will agree, I'm sure, with the idea that as long as the evolution progresses from the solid body to the space between the eye and the object, and from there to the back of the mind, the next step after modern art will be taken by a man with a hole in his head...
...Simplification of U.S. customs procedure. The British object to technicalities which classify sheep shears as a "surgical instrument," and by which rugs with fringes on them get charged as lace because the law puts fringes in the lace-and-trimmings category. The U.S. customs maze is well-nigh impenetrable to the would-be British trader without customs-broker guidance, which adds to the cost of British goods...
...method of undersea detection, highly developed in World War II, employing easily focused high-frequency sound waves near the upper edge of the audible range. A large object in the water sends back an echo; its distance from the submarine is computed by timing the echo...
...Didn't Say . . ." Thompson had also referred to discussion by "the party's ranks" when he meant, he admitted under crossexamination, only the "ranks" of the national committee. "You agree that in the Communist Party 'the ranks' means the national leadership?" prodded the prosecutor. "I object, he didn't say he agreed," said Defense Lawyer Richard Gladstein. Judge Medina broke in: "That's right. It might have been-he assumed it was-it may have happened-it probably was the case-it was most likely so-but Mr. Thompson didn...