Word: spacing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...need shoring up. It offered a wealth of specific advice on raising industrial capital (by limiting real-estate investment, which in some years absorbs as much as two-thirds of Brazilian savings), boosting manpower (by vocational training and selective immigration), improving transportation (by coordinating transport services and expanding storage space...
Because of the lack of space at the new building, however, a corps of volunteers had to transport food from a kitchen half a mile away Only after the Committee could raise money for extra room could the food shop begin to match the gift store in popularity...
...constantly increasing numbers. An exposure of one hour brought in the "background," the shine of the night sky, and thus represented the maximum power of the telescope. To judge by the number of faint nebulae on it, this photograph reached one billion light-years (6 billion trillion miles) into space-twice as far as man had ever looked before. Said Hubble: "The tests confirm our previous conclusion that the Hale telescope is an unqualified success...
...last week's Manhattan debut, "the daring new Dodge" did not look as daring as new models of other motor-makers. The chief changes were a slight lowering of the body, and a change from the swept-back stern to the bustle-back, thus providing more luggage space. An automatic shift ("Gyro-Matic") will be optional on the "Coronet" models...
Although the Gardens have had trouble several times in their history, a combination of low funds, lack of interest, and need for building space finally closed them this year. When the Botany Department's report to the Corporation failed to include any provision for the new degenerated properly, that august body voted to transfer the land's endowment to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. With the city of Cambridge pressing for more housing, the Corporation made plans for the project on which work began last month...