Word: scientistic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...frothing sea 235 miles south of Tokyo Bay, agitated by hot lava and fuming with sulfurous steam, spewed out a new 10-acre volcanic island which most likely will soon sink slowly back into the sea. One Japanese scientist suggested a name: "MacArthur Island." "It is most spectacular, it is creating great excitement, but in another year or two it will be gone...
Cinemactress Colbert, moving waxy and beautifully gowned through a series of handsome sets, manages to convey the idea that she cannot quite pierce the Wellesian disguise of beard, limp and heavy Teutonic accent. Welles himself, posing as an Austrian scientist, does a far more skillful job of characterization than the creaky plot and prevailing platitudes warrant...
...reasons for this mighty experiment confused some people. Scientist W. A. Higinbotham, chairman of the Federation of Atomic Scientists, said he did not "see much object" in the test. But "Spike" Blandy thought his mission was crystal clear: to test a new weapon and to lay the foundation for defense" against it. He explained...
Voice of the Layman. No artist, scientist or professor is dark, energetic David Silberman, born 49 years ago on Manhattan's teeming lower East Side. David Silberman is a man with a flair for developing machinery. President of the Cap-Tin Development Corp., he employs 75 to 100 people and makes about $1,000,000 worth of zippers per year in 10,000 square feet of space at 578 Broadway...
Around the world, scientists wondered what had happened to Dr. Otto Hahn, 66-year-old head of the chemistry department of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute and the man who first smashed the uranium atom. At least one U.S. university (Chicago) wanted to offer the German scientist a position...