Word: rayed
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...economic geology: the Dunbar laboratory, where geophysicists study rocks and materials under great heat and pressure; and the geological museum, which contains a laboratory for chemical analysis of sedimentary rocks, equipment for the study of stream flow and transportation of sediments, and the Berman Memorial Laboratory which has x-ray equipment for studying the composition and structure of minedals...
What killed home shelters was the lull in the cold war plus the Kennedy Administration's decision to stress large-scale, community shelters over backyard bunkers. Says Ray Toland Sr., a Los Angeles shelter maker who failed: "It's been a real loused-up deal. All this blah-blah-blah about a $30 shelter or a $300 shelter, and about private and community shelters. People got so confused they didn't know what was right-and they still don't." In Oklahoma City, the number of inquiries about shelters received monthly by one company has dropped...
...survey by acknowledged medical experts showed that many of the city's residents still get incompetent care and are subjected to unnecessary surgery. After studying the medical records of Teamsters Union members and their families admitted to 101 hospitals, a team Headed by Columbia University's Dr. Ray E. Trussell* concluded that...
Closed Set. "I'm amazed at the reasoning power of the crow," says Bird Trainer Ray Berwick, a raven perched on the top of his head. "Crows are the chimpanzees of birds. The hardest to train and catch are the hawks and eagles. You could teach them to hunt and kill, but they know it already. But you can't teach them any tricks." The seagulls have turned out to be the most fierce; Berwick and an assistant have been badly pecked. Berwick has taught the gulls to fly at an actor's head, clobber him with...
...Through the Rye and The Last Rose of Summer. Presenting a little-known song from an opera called Clari, she immortalized Home, Sweet Home. Her voice spanned nearly three octaves, top ping out at G above high C. Her high F-sharp was pure enough to split a ray of light, and she had an incredible ability to sing very softly at that altitude. No one could match her messa di voce-the technique of holding a single note while in creasing and diminishing its volume. She did it as if she were twirling a knob...