Word: sightedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...year-old Walter Francis White, the Atlanta race riots of 1906 (described later in his autobiography), were more than a horrifying sight. But for the fact that he was blond and pink-cheeked, White might have been the victim of the mob himself. Yet from that dreadful day on, he elected to remain, fiercely and proudly, a member of the Negro race...
Instead of transmitting on direct line-of-sight, the Bell-M.I.T. method shoots a beam into the sky like a giant searchlight. A searchlight beam passing through the air is visible many miles away although the light itself may be behind a hill. A microwave beam can be "seen" in much the same way. If it is very powerful...
Another use is for controlling guided missiles. If a missile depends on microwaves for guidance, it loses touch with its control station as soon as it passes out of "sight" beyond the curve of the earth. It is possible that the new system can keep the missile firmly on a microwave leash over a far greater distance than the line-of-sight method permitted...
Masterworks of art. once out of the artist's studio, are often launched on mysterious and perilous careers. Altered out of recognition, tucked away in vaults. revered and then forgotten in dark church recesses, they have a way of dropping from sight, unexpectedly turning up in odd places. Last week two rediscoveries and one disappearance made art news...
Destination: Asia. Genevieve Caulfield lost her sight in infancy, when a careless doctor dropped some searing medicine into her eyes. In childhood her mother urged her to play like other youngsters, explained to Genevieve's friends: "She can't see, but she can play as you do. Perhaps you might help her a little if there are holes in the ground." Later, after graduating from two different schools for the blind, Genevieve became fascinated by what she had heard about Asia, decided to learn Japanese and then take a degree at Columbia University's Teachers College...