Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bracket, the tables showed, men average 5 ft. 8 in. tall, weigh 159 Ibs. Height remains constant through ages 85-89, but by then the average weight has dropped to 148 Ibs. In the early 905, men average an inch shorter and tip the scales at a wispy 136 Ibs. Women aged 65-69 average 5 ft. 3 in. tall and weigh 141 Ibs.; those in the upper 80s are an inch shorter and weigh...
...most sensitive way to detect distant earthquakes-or underground atomic explosions-is by measuring the long waves that travel along the earth's surface instead of striking deep into its interior. Drawback to this method is that even such minor disturbances as a storm at sea set up shorter surface waves (microseisms) that obscure or blot out the record. The Lamont improvement is an ingenious filtering device that separates earthquake waves from local confusion...
...delicate spring. The waves in which they are interested are long and of low frequency (40 to 50 sec.). They found that by choosing a galvanometer with the proper relationship between coil and spring, they could mechanically "tune" their system to register only long earthquake waves and filter out shorter microseisms...
...homer. But when it comes to the steel labor negotiations, they do not know what is going on. They do not understand the issues. They do not know what they want. They have a vague idea that their pension plan needs strengthening. Some of them talk about shorter hours. They do not want to strike, but they will strike...
...ideas." In his acceptance speech Huxley modestly disclaimed genius, alluding to an observation by short-necked Honore de Balzac that most men of genius have short necks. Duly noting his own long neck, lanky Novelist Huxley asserted: "Genius, after all, is an alliance of head with heart, and the shorter the neck, the closer that alliance...