Word: rivale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dispersion," i.e., its ability to break white light into rainbow colors. Diamond disperses light twice as much as common glass does, but titania disperses it seven times as much. So far, titania cannot be made absolutely white (many valuable diamonds are not white, either), and it will never rival diamond in hardness...
Those who cherish diamonds because of their high cost (owing to the tight control of the South African diamond monopoly) will not welcome the development of titania. But in sparkle and "fire," it surpasses its rival and may force the merchandisers of genuine diamonds to warn their customers against too much "fire...
Anywhere but at Oxford it would have been considered a very odd election. Only holders of M.A.s were entitled to vote, and each voter bowed as he handed his ballot to the vice chancellor. There had been no campaigning, except over teacups. The rival candidates never showed up at the polls, and the ballot was printed in Latin. Oxford M.A.s were electing a professor of poetry...
Director John Cromwell treats this trite subject matter in an unimaginative way, with the result that the picture rarely seems realistic, despite the fine acting of Miss Greer. At many points, the plot is crippled by weak dialogue. When Miss Scott asks the parole board to return her rival's civil liberties so she can marry the newsman; she says, "Please give her back her civil liberties." Small wonder that the answer...
...skaters couldn't get going. After Joe Kittredge drew first blood early in the opening period, the Huskies dominated the play for the rest of the game, and Harvard seemed to lose both spirit and fight. Although Husky netminder Ray Picard kicked out 27 shots, 13 more than his rival Nate Corning, the Crimson passing and stickhandling was sloppy and uncoordinated in the Northeastern zone. And whenever they did get a chance at the goal, Picard starred at stopping the puck...