Word: ohm
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Symphony (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Radio premiere of Richard Strauss's Fantasy on Die Frau Ohm Schatten...
...Then it pointed out that a four-letter word isn't necessarily simpler than a twelve-letter word. "For illustration, here are some shorties which we'd call real $7 words, and wouldn't use here at this time without explanation: adit, erg, ergo, ohm, gloze, cozen, griff, modal, mure, snash, viable." On the other hand, the News thought that most of its readers would understand fairly longish ones like "intolerable" (though "unbearable" was better), or "incompatibility" (because of divorce cases), or "vulnerable" (because of bridge being so popular). The News conceded that it should have explained...
...said, "I quote Ohm's Law by rote...
...able to trace fuel, air, water and oil lines in torpedoes. Be able to balance a gyro and know the theory of the gyro. Be able to carry out all regulations in regard to care, repair and tests of torpedo and torpedo mechanisms. Know the application of Ohm's law, Kirzchoff's law and other principles of electricity. Understand Navy pyrotechnics, principles of mine laying and depth charge dropping. Prepare torpedoes for firing and know the principles of fire control...
Actor Jannings, Germany's No. 1 cinema star, spent 1,500,000 marks producing Ohm Krüger. When it opened recently, he explained the new conception of the Boer hero in the light of history as the Nazis now see it. Said he: "In the most difficult hours of his life Krüger clung always to the theory that no individual and no nation shall deviate from the path of duty by withdrawing from its mission of sacrificing itself for the future...