Word: pureness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...quantum theory, as originated three decades ago by Dr. Max Planck, denies the existence of matter, as commonly conceived, replacing it with energy in basic units called quanta. As modified by Dr. Heisenberg, quanta depart entirely from such reality as can be apprehended by the senses, becoming terms in pure mathematics. Like the first few people to understand Dr. Albert Einstein, the Heisenberg enthusiasts agreed that the modified quantum theory is of epochal theoretical importance but, to laity, as negligible as it is incomprehensible...
...intoxicating beverages. A concession to brew raki was given originally to a Polish group, but because the public complained that it was adulterated and caused blindness, and also because they refused to buy it, the concession was withdrawn. The new move is an attempt to provide the people with "pure stuff" at popular prices.- Robbers. From the gaunt heights of wild Kurdistan, a mountainous district lying partly in Turkey and partly in Iraq, a bold band of brigands swooped down upon the lowland villages, terrorizing the inhabitants. Then, gathering up their loot the lusty robbers staggered back into their impregnable...
...well as English a visit to the Mount Wilson Observatory in California. Mr. Noyes was there the night the new 100-inch telescope was first put into use. The experience started him writing his blank verse epic of science, The Torchbearers. The U. S.'s high rank in pure science was superbly certified when Astronomer George Ellery Hale called his guests and assistants to be the first humans to witness the rising of one of Jupiter's eight moons...
...Stalin, who must battle constantly with such "pure" revolutinaries as these, is naturally in a very awkward position with respect to the world at large. Enough to say that the principal U. S. financial houses with large interests in Russia consider him far more "conservative" than he dares to be officially...
...start with, we will collect 1,000 cats. Each cat will average twelve kittens a year. The skins will sell for from ten cents for the white ones to 75¢ for the pure black. We will have about twelve million skins to sell at an average of 30¢ apiece, making our revenue about $10,000 per day, gross...