Word: standardized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...quickly if "fear, suspicion or unsettled political conditions . . . tended to discourage [it]." Said Stuart: "A withdrawal of sizable amounts of such capital already invested here or a dwindling of the potential supply would be immediately reflected in the rate of growth of the Canadian economy and eventually on the standard of living of every Canadian...
...Invent?" Though Le Temps' backing comes from executives in top business firms, e.g., Michelin tires, Citroën, Esso Standard Oil, the backers (as Esso Standard Oil took pains to point out in its own case) went in as individuals, not corporations. Nevertheless, the bugaboo of business control of newspapers is a real one in France. When some 60 dailies cluttered Paris kiosks in the 1920s, bankers and munitions makers kept newspapers like mistresses. By World War II, big business had a firm grip on the major Paris dailies. Afterward, millions of angry Frenchmen blamed business for the papers...
...failure, in which the heart periodically or progressively fails to meet the body's demands for blood and dangerously overworks. It causes "dropsy"-the body's retention of salt and water. One standard way to get rid of excess brine has been to inject a mercurial diuretic. Five research reports at Atlantic City meetings indicated that a mercurial drug to be taken regularly by mouth, chlormerodrin (Neo-hydrin), is both effective and safe for long-term...
Self-Adjusting Camera. A movie camera that automatically adjusts its lens for variations in the amount of light was announced by Bell & Howell Co. A photoelectric cell like a standard light meter controls two small electric motors (powered by tiny batteries) that adjust the lens opening to prevailing light conditions. Price...
...those who complain the most are Pennsylvania rummies. They just can't tell how late their bars are going to be open. State liquor laws specify that all taprooms close on standard time, which means that taprooms will be open an hour later by the clock in DST communities...