Word: rapidness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...There may be no noticeable change in the primary mole. . . . But the clinical onset may be characterized by enlargement of lymph nodes draining the area. Advancement of the growth from this stage may be slow or rapid...
...Emil Ranseen demonstrated an invention by which a sightless reader patient enough to learn a touch code may read any book he chooses. After it is adjusted for proper spacing, a scanner supported on tiny rollers moves back & forth across the printed page examining one letter after another in rapid succession. The light passes through a lens, thence to a slotted, motor-driven disk which analyzes the shape of the letter. Then a photo-electric cell converts the light into electric current. The reader places his hand on a wooden box so that it rests against a row of nine...
...annual grind last year was only 50% larger than in 1906. "These figures offer a sobering thought in our program of promoting the consumption of agricultural goods by industry," observed Vice President Morris Sayre of Corn Products Refining Co. "There are encouraging indications that the future will bring more rapid progress, but I do not believe this nation should be led to expect industrial miracles which would suddenly gobble up more agricultural goods than the farmer can produce...
...think "Thirteen Hours By Air" would be any good if we told you the story of it. It's all mixed up and about an aviator and a beautiful society femme and a despurt killer and a G-man and forced landings and lots of horror and comedy in rapid alternation. Yet in spite of its handicaps the movie built round the story comes very close to excellence because of the great acting of Fred MacMurray, our choice for All-American Role-Transcender. Fred gets rotten parts most of the time and the way he just thinks nothing...
...estimable Jack Oakie sparkles winningly in a good, simple, swift paced movie called "Florida Special". His amusing antics and rapid-fire humor show to advantage in the midst of the customary variety of characters including a wealthy old capitalist, his very spoiled niece, a charming hostess, the inevitable handsome playboy, and an assortment of gangsters. Young Jane Withers brings up the rear in a companion piece, a screen adaption of Tarkington's "Gentle Julia," which informs the fans for the current year that the nineties were gay and that true love conquers...