Word: stilles
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although this still is many thousands in a small space it is low enough-as compared with previous evacuations-for a laboratory man to become ecstatic." The pressure obtained is equivalent to one hundred-millionth of a millimetre of mercury, which is not far from one hundred-billionth of atmospheric pressure...
When the Association held its annual meeting last week in Murray, Ky. the impounded funds had mounted to $47,000, but Dr. Sherwood still held out. The Georgetown trustees stuck by him; so did the students and faculty. The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, American Legion and Women's Club were for him to the last signature. Just as solidly against him, the Baptist Association as usual voted its annual request that Dr. Sherwood resign or be rebaptized, further declared that Georgetown had in effect "severed" its Baptist connections...
Worst failing of New York's schools, reported Dr. Gulick and his fellows, is that they do a bad job of educating high-school youth. Almost all boys & girls today enter high school. Four-fifths do not go on to college. Still largely classical and college preparatory, however, high schools "fail to give boys and girls a scientific point of view and an understanding of the world," funk their job of making good citizens. High-school youth, said the report, is "hardboiled" about democracy and freedom "and inadequately prepared to do what is required to preserve either...
...Maple, Ont., May 25, 1879. Instead, he took the more euphonious name of Beaverbrook, New Brunswick, near the town of Newcastle where he grew up. Sixth son of an impecunious Scots parson, he tramped around Canada, washing drugstore medicine bottles, selling sewing machines, reading law. Social legend says he still owes 15? to a barber in Saint John. Suddenly one day he thought: What I want to do first is to make a great deal of money...
...turned out later, this was more impishness. Lord Beaverbrook still closely supervises the Daily Express and its sister papers, the Sunday Express (1,500,000) and Evening Standard (400,000), although his office ranges halfway round the world...