Word: outer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Patriarch mounted the rostrum in the middle of the nave. Acolytes ceremonially stripped him of his outer robes and crown. Then over the Patriarch's shoulders they draped three layers of bright, resurrection-season vestments-scarlet and gold in place of silver, a crown of gold and rubies for the pearl-and-diamond one. As each vestment was presented to him on a velvet-covered silver salver, the Patriarch reverently kissed it. For the last time the acolytes came forward with the salver. Typically Russian pomp turned to typically Russian casualness. The Patriarch did not kiss the object...
Cosmic Contribution. On the research front, an ingenious investigator has opened up a new line of inquiry. Atomic radiation is known to promote cancer growth. Could cosmic rays, the infinitesimal energy particles that continually bombard the earth from outer space, also promote it? Dr. Frank H. J. Figge, of the University of Maryland Medical School, published in Science some data that seemed to show they...
...human society are not in conformity with the will of God, we cannot say that it is because God has not given us enough votes! ... To have such power and not use it is certainly to be wicked and unprofitable servants, good for nothing except to be cast into outer darkness; to have this power and use it is certainly to become involved in sinful corruptions...
...Chicagoan with bright blue eyes and bright new ideas, always wanted to be a nurse. But after she started to work, she had some doubts. Most of her patients were babies and they were usually a little soggy. So, off-duty, she tried to develop a waterproof outer diaper. She finally devised a "Dri-ette," two pieces of flannel bonded to a waterproof center which eliminated the objections of many mothers to rubber pants. The Dri-ette was not patentable but it did the trick. Babies could get wet, but nobody else would...
...normal, mature tooth has a hard outer enamel, an inner layer of dentine, and at the core a soft pulp containing the nerves and blood vessels (see diagram). Because blood vessels do not reach the enamel, they bring it no nourishment, take none away, says...