Word: processes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...neighboring area of national defense Congress fell short of the mark-and reflected the will of the people in the process. By its clamor to bring the boys home it forced a nervous War Department to pull down its Army: it buried a universal-military-training law under the woodshed; it stripped away the strength of the Draft...
...peddling process has become as ritualized as transactions in a Bagdad bazaar. The artist 1) mopes in a waiting room, 2) is waved in to see the cartoon editor, 3) unzips his briefcase, 4) hands over a batch of rough sketches. Small talk is permitted, but he never cries "This'll kill you!" The editor riffles through the roughs, seldom grins, hands most of the sketches back, holds out a few on approval. At lunchtime many of the artists get together at either of two Manhattan restaurants-Pen & Pencil or Danny's Hideaway-to talk over their troubles...
...after an unfortunate guest has fallen into a fit of hysterics as a result of such rough treatment, The Collector may recant a bit and satisfy himself with mere lectures on his favorite subject. He has very definite theories on the care and reclaiming of antique discs including a process of re-shellacking which probably exceeds the plans for assembling the atomic bomb in intricacy. This study even goes into such details as the difference in the spacing of numbers on Victor chain labels of the 1931 period and in his eyes a record of this vintage which...
Prostigmine & Education. The aim of spastic therapy, Dr. Kabat explains, is to gain "voluntary control of muscles through a part of the brain which hasn't been injured." This is a difficult, slow process, because "it is trying to make the uninjured part of the brain learn to do something it wasn't planned to do." Prostigmine makes it easier by: 1) increasing the amount of acetylcholine, a body chemical which stimulates nervous and mental activity; 2) relaxing and strengthening the muscles...
...beginning of the third term, the clubs are fully organized and competition enters the qualifying round. At the end of the round, consisting of several arguments by each club, the scores of the teams are averaged, and all but the highest 16 are dropped from the competition. This process of elimination is continued until the fifth term when the two highest clubs compete in the finals...