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...Sealed-Beam headlights on 95% of the models (result of cooperation between the industry, lamp & lens manufacturers). Lens, bulb and reflector are sealed into a single unit. The new lamps light the road without blinding. Another big development is the "Hydra-Matic" drive (see Oldsmobile), which dooms the clutch pedal, lets the accelerator control...
...majority of People believes that publishers soft pedal unfavorable news about friendly politicians, personal friends, advertisers, business...
...quick to submit any doubtful work to the local party official. This gives the Nazis all the control they need. Book News (published in Berlin) now prints a green flimsy supplement headed "Expert Opinion." In one section are listed books to push, and in the other books to soft-pedal...
...assistants, Dr. John Raymond Johnson and Miss Marjory Metcalf Taylor, persuaded six men and four women to pedal furiously on a stationary bicycle every day until each was exhausted. The bicycle operated a dynamo which was connected with a number of electric lamps and a wattmeter which measured the amount of energy each subject was capable of expending. After about 30 days of this sort of thing, the scientists began to feed each cyclist daily glasses of chilled orange and lemon juice containing unflavored gelatin, made from the bones of animals. The men were given 60 grams (two ounces...
...made by the human larynx, mouth, breath, tongue, teeth and lips. With electrical filters, attenuators, frequency changers, etc. they found that they could produce 23 basic sounds; that intelligible speech could be synthesized from various combinations of these sounds, controlled by a skilled operator manipulating a keyboard and foot pedal...