Word: skin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Still undecided about the final explanation for the concentrated attacks, London hinted at invasion last week. But with General Erwin Rommel hanging on in Libya by the skin of his gritty teeth, the bombings probably covered a concerted German effort to get reinforcements to his Afrika Korps and put him back on the offensive. By bombing Malta, the Axis had probably rendered ineffective any R.A.F. bombing operations from the island. As a result, Axis shipping has an even chance of getting to Tripoli and Tunis unbombed, either at base or in transit...
...skin effect. Induction's alternating current, unlike DC, concentrates on the surface of the conductor. Hence the outside of a metal object heats up rapidly while the inside stays cool. Given a skin-blistering dose of high-frequency induction current and then quenched in water, metals are hardened on the surface, yet remain resilient and tough inside. Typical parts thus hardened are airplane bearings, tank treads, engine cylinder walls. Often they last ten times longer than without such surface hardening. Noses of armor-piercing shells and bombs are induction-hardened without affecting the rest of the projectile. Among other...
...Washington's will, a painting of the Great Seal of Ohio, a pair of spectacles, a textbook on navigation, a lawbook, The Book of Mormon, a set of Indian arrowheads, a turkey's wishbone (the V-symbol), an autographed picture of Jack Dempsey and a carton of skin lotion, a couple of soap dishes, a portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt done on a typewriter...
Chopin: Twelve Etudes, Opus 25 (Edward Kilenyi, pianist; Columbia; 6 sides). The famed Winter Wind, and other studies in their first complete edition, played fleetly, skin-deeply by a handsome young man who has yet to fulfill early promises...
Theory is that the detergent attacks the bacteria's protective coats, leaves them naked and dead. Several top-notch medical researchers are now exploring the uses of wetting agents. So far suggested: in obstetrics, preoperative disinfection of skin and instruments in surgery, cleansing of superficial wounds, throat swabs, athlete's foot. Some detergents will inactivate the influenza virus...