Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...uterus. As he manipulates the uterus, a "watching" X-ray tube projects a picture of the organ onto a fluoroscope screen, and tumors show up as shadows. A movie camera records the picture for future reference. Main potential benefit: fewer hysterectomies done on suspicion, but no sure proof, of uterine abnormality...
...finished), his canvas drew a parade of exclamation points from Encyclopedist Diderot, one of Paris' first professional art critics: "Everyone sees nature; but Chardin sees it profoundly and exhausts himself in rendering it as he sees it; his work on The Attributes of the Arts is proof of this. How perfectly the perspective is observed! How the objects reflect each other! How the masses are handled! One can't decide wherein lies the enchantment, because it is everywhere...
...lead to price fixing by manufacturers. But FTC denied it was overruling the Justice Department, noted that it had specifically exempted from its decision the two Eastman products covered by the consent decree. To many a businessman, the trustbusters' inability to agree among themselves was the best proof that the entire field of Fair-Trade pricing and enforcement needed a thorough reappraisal...
Dressed in the awesome uniform of a jet pilot, the visitor from outer space brought noise and confusion to the supposedly sound-proof study halls. Assistant Librarian P. A. Putnam was unable to extract a bursar's card from the intruder, Putnam did, however, manage to eject the spaceman from the premises. The CRIMSON photographer was also exiled...
...Paris. First commissioned in 1932 by one of France's leading art dealers, the work was lost during the war years, was completed by Braque only two months ago. The $600 limited edition, published this week, was hailed as "a perfect blending of Greek classicism and French modernism," proof that "Braque is one of the great creative spirits of modern...