Word: sulphureous
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...Wald is not quite sure how the destruction of rhodopsin by light produces nerve impulses that the brain interprets as vision. But since the impulses are electrical, he suspects that they may be started by some electrical consequence of the destruction of the rhodopsin. One possibility: that sulfhydryl (sulphur and hydrogen) groups, are exposed when the rhodopsin molecules disintegrate. These are lively chemicals with the necessary punch to start an electrical commotion...
...agreed on 400 other items, including 8-in., 75-mm. and 240-mm. howitzers, fuel, lubricants, electric voltage systems.* ¶The U.S. reassured its NATO allies about raw material shortages (other NATO members have long been worried about heavy U.S. stockpiling). Most serious of the shortages-tungsten, molybdenum, cotton, sulphur-brought Britain's Lord Privy Seal, Richard Rapier Stokes, to Washington last week. U.S. officials promised that the,U.S. would share its raw material reserves with its allies, consider their needs on an equal basis with U.S. industry...
...first time in twelve years, over Princeton, Cornell and Syracuse; at Ithaca, N.Y. CJ The Harvard crew, the Adams Cup, for the tenth straight time, over Navy and Pennsylvania; at Philadelphia. ¶ Sam Snead, with a 17-under-par 263, the $10,000 Greenbrier Open Golf tournament; at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. ¶ Russia's Mikhail Botvinriik, the world -. chess championship he has held since 1948, after a 24-game draw with Russia's David Bronstein; in Moscow. ¶ The Rokeby Stable's County Delight, the $69,600 Gallant Fox Handicap, in a four-horse photofinish...
...varsity schedule for this spring includes 11 dual matches and the Eastern Intercollegiate Golf League championship. Two meets were played on a trip to White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, during spring vacation, and two more have so far been played in Boston. With the team now carrying a 2-2 record, Richart hopes at best to finish-with a record of just above...
...Pont seeks the new frontiers, there is no limit to the legerdemain which its Wilmington wizards are constantly performing. In three years they have popped out everything from a sulphur-coated grass seed which grows greener grass, to a chemical called Erifron, which makes cotton and rayon flame resistant. They have also produced a revolutionary new insulating material called Teflon. Out of Greenewalt's old specialty, high-pressure synthesis, came some long-chain alcohols which long seemed useless, but have now made Du Pont a prime supplier of raw materials for soapless soaps (detergents). In a pilot plant...