Word: space
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...earth is the center of the solar system. As soon as the theory is generally understood, there will hardly be a single phase in human life unaffected, and man's conception of the universe must be materially revised in order to include the new truth, that space and time cannot exist without cosmic matter...
Dispatches from Italy announce that Don Lorenzo Perosi, head of the Vatican Choir, has been judged insane by the Italian courts, and has been placed in the custody of his brother. This is the culmination of series of extraordinary episodes, which, curiously have found little space in the American press. Perosi ranks as the world's foremost composer of ecclesiastical music. While a young priest, his oratorios and pieces of ritual music attracted the enthusiasm of the highest church dignitaries. He became the friend and protege of several successive popes, was elevated to the leadership of the Sistine Choir...
Cesare Maria di Vecchi, Under Secretary of Finance, resigned from the Mussolini Cabinet. This is the fifth resignation that has taken place within the space of a month...
...other words, there was no justification for the headline " California for World Court" other than Mr. Lenroot's say-so. An honest head would have been " Lenroot says California Favors World Court "-or words to that effect, properly padded or contracted so as to fit space...
...alphabet for radio, cable and telegraph was invented by Major General George 0. Squier, chief signal officer of the U. S. Army. Instead of dots, dashes and spaces of varying lengths of time, used in the Morse and Universal codes, General Squier's system employs three different wave intensities of each half cycle of alternating current (uniform in time), to represent the dot, dash and space, making various combinations for each character. This brings it into line with modern progress in electrical transmission, which has been revolutionized since Morse's alphabet, the development of which has stood still...