Word: phased
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Smith is a prominent educator, and his speech today will deal with some phase of education. The meeting is open to all men in the University, Mr. Smith beginning his speech at 1.20 o'clock...
...scientific investigation. It is largely a matter of opinion. And since the Debating Union is designed to give the undergraduate an opportunity to express his beliefs rather than to arrive at conclusions it would seem that it makes a most suitable subject for discussion. Socialism is an interesting phase of the age old struggle between conservatism and liberalism. The conflict has never been settled, but the oftener the antagonists meet in the forum the clearer become the fundamental points of difference. The discussion of the Debating Union ought at least help the undergraduate to choose his side with intelligence...
...Bureau of Standards, Washington, thorium oxide, most resistant to heat of all known substances, was melted (for the first time in history) by C. O. Fairchild and C. G. Peters. Platinum melts at a temperature of about 3,200 degrees Fahrenheit, but that does not begin to phase thorium oxide. Its melting point is probably over 6,000 degrees, which, of course, no thermometer can measure. It is used commercially in gas mantles. A gas flame does not affect it, but an electric arc may. The oxide does, however, shrink in volume at high temperatures. Thorium oxide has been utilized...
...social service committee secured a number of men to help at the Cambridge Y. M. C. A. in leading boys' clubs and conducting classes for men wishing to take the naturalization examinations. This along with teaching elementary subjects to prisoners at the East Cambridge jail comprised the more important phase of the work. The social service committee has done well during the two years of its existence...
...phase of the liquor problem faced Lady Astor and the Government. Last month air passenger service began between Manchester and Belfast. By slipping a half-crown into a slot machine on the airliners, it is possible to obtain a double whisky and soda. One question raised is whether it will be legal to operate this ingenious device before "taking off"; another, whether, while in flight over a certain area, the liquor-sales hours of that area will apply to the plane...