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...more subtle and complex model makes is possible for the student to compare his answers with the printed correct response which the machine shows to him. In this type the information is printed in thirty radial frames on a paper disk. The disk is inserted, and once locked inside cannot be removed for examination (or cheating) until all the answers have been completed. The portion of the frame in which the correct answer is written is concealed until the student writes his own answer on a paper strip, visible through another opening...
...whirl around on a constant orbit of 236-foot diameter between a series of 48 strong-focusing magnets. The circular tunnel which encloses it will have a powerhouse in the middle to supply the energy for the magnets. The accelerator tunnel and the powerhouse will be connected by four radial tunnels...
...class's "lack of warmth," wrote Wolfe in Of Time and the River, "the absence of inner radial heat which, not being fundamental in the structure of their lives, had never been wanted, filled [me] with a horror and impotent fury...
...circumstances under which it is not feasible to remove the patient's clothing to record, blood pressure. The answer is a diaphragm (not bell) stethoscope appropriately positioned on the elbow. The auscultatory systolic blood pressure in the elbow can be confirmed by inflating the cuff and palpating the radial pulse at the wrist. When Mr. Krishna Menon collapsed at the U.N., I applied my blood pressure cuff on top of his clothing. There was a reading of 220 mm. I confirmed this blood pressure again by palpation of the radial pulse...
...When work was slowed on one job because of a materials shortage, employees were instantly transferred to another job. And to keep supervisors on their toes, the project manager issued a daily list of general instructions and production questions "in taut, straightforward language." Sample: "Mallory- what happened to the radial...