Word: sphere
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...vital part of the broadening sphere of the Observatory, it now participates in a cooperative plan with five other institutions to share the expense of maintaining an outpost in Bloemfontein, South Africa, one of the prize viewing locations in the Southern Hemisphere.A member of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston which maintained the facilities during war, prepares reflector from Pyrex glass...
...religious movement of laymen, in spirit ecumenical, evangelical and often puritanical. Aimed at young workers who had become indifferent to religion in the turmoil of the Industrial Revolution, the Y.M.C.A. had no formal religious creed, urged its members only "to exert a Christian influence in the sphere of their daily calling...
...seven straight days, more than 150 guests from every sphere of the world's business and public life will live it up in royal style, all on the house. It is quite a house: suites will rent for as much as $65 a night; each of the 450 rooms has air conditioning, TV, and imported marble baths. Outside the hotel is a 50-by-90-ft., palm-shaded swimming pool; inside, the hotel has a Bali Room restaurant and nightclub, where everything from walls to waiters is tricked out in Balinese decor; a Nordic Room studded with...
...first atomic energy reactor specifically designed for medical treatment and research is to be built for the University of California at Los Angeles. Its heart will be a foot-thick sphere of stainless steel containing uranyl sulfate enriched with uranium 235. Operating normally at 5 kw., the reactor will "burn" one ounce of fuel in 20 years, will provide gamma rays and neutrons for treating cancer patients as well as radiation for other research...
...factional dispute among Southern Presbyterians pointed up a problem that faces every Christian church in the South, now that the Supreme Court's ruling on education has turned the spotlight on segregation in every sphere of life. "The churches . . . are not responsible for the ordering of society through government," said the Christian Century, "but when government makes a move that sustains and supports Christian principle . . . the church will be judged for its support for or opposition to this action." Throughout the South, racial integration was being both supported and opposed by the churches. Items...