Word: processes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...story, "Miss Hadley's Lover," falls flat. His account of the struggle of a middle-aged mission teacher with herself reaches the heights of feeling only in awkward spasms. In his attempts to create emotion through language Clayton loses himself in involved prose. His characters lose reality in the process...
...Added": in addition to nomination and entry fees. A race-track process to overcome knee and ankle injuries. A series of holes about an eighth of an inch deep is burned around the afflicted area with an instrument resembling an electric soldering iron. The "fired" leg, swollen and inflamed, is then painted for ten days with a strong iodine solution. Alleged result: it changes the chronic inflammation into an acute inflammation, and nature cures whatever Is wrong with the knee or ankle...
...incident to which we refer occured during the last meeting of Professor Romans' course in Social Relations 1b. While the lecturer was in the process of summarizing the important points of the year's work, a bearish character dashed onto the New Lecture Hall platform, interrupting with a shout. "Professor Romans has said enough!" In the pretense of presenting a gift (in the form of a neatly ribboned box, which later proved empty) this individual seized control of the lectern and proceeded to read four pages of unhumerous and disgusting parody. His arrogance survived even the dismay of Professor Romans...
Refinancing would be a comparatively simple process; at present there is a bill before the State legislature providing for a change in the depreciation system and the recall of the Metropolitan District Obligation bond issue. The same bill would transfer the ownership of all transit structures (subways, elevated lines) from the various cities and towns to the MTA. In addition, Dever has proposed that the MTA, since it is now completely State owned, be relieved of all State taxes...
Chiefly concerned are isotopes of elements which the thyroid, especially in cases of toxic goiter, has the property of absorbing and concentrating at the afflicted portion of the gland. This process enables the radiation emitted by the radioactive isotopes to destroy harmful growths. Other elements which do not become concentrated in the body as iodine does, may be used in research on body chemistry, since by their effect on a Geiger counter, their progress through the body may be traced--thus they are termed "tracer elements...