Word: shielding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...least a small part of it, is refusing to sit by and watch this University harbor, indeed foster these enemies of our country. Sparked by a conscientious alumnus, who is justly ashamed of this University, these students are determined to give meaning to the word which appears on the shield of this University--Veritas, and if necessary, they will observe even though the College Dean has warned that a club advocating investigation will not be sanctioned. They will do it for the sake of their country and alma mater...
...transcript of the testimony. Stevens publicly ordered Zwicker not to testify at the next hearing and announced that he would appear in Zwicker's place. McCarthy, warming up, accepted the challenge. Stevens' statement was so worded as to give many the impression that he would shield all Army officers from questioning by McCarthy. Such a position would have scant legal basis and would be unacceptable to the vast majority of Senators, Republican or Democratic...
Flash-Dater. Finding the age of ancient objects by radioactive Carbon 14 depends on supersensitive measuring apparatus. Professor Willard F. Libby, University of Chicago discoverer of Carbon 14 dating, uses a Geiger counter surrounded by a shield and other protections against intruding radiation. Chicago's Professor James R. Arnold announced last week an even more sensitive system...
...clear, however, that widespread misrepresentation has produced in many minds a distorted idea of the meaning of the constitutional privilege. Though its real purpose has always been to shield the innocent, many people have been misled into thinking that the exercise of the privilege is an admission of guilt. I have now come to believe that for me to continue to claim my constitutional privilege would bring undue harm to me and to the great institution with which I am connected...
Pumps to circulate the high-pressure, radioactive water had to have perfection never demanded before. The shield to enclose the radioactive parts was a formidable problem. So was the control system whose function is to keep the reactor from destroying itself and the submarine...