Word: thickness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hall, four Negro children were chosen at random to be paddled in Powell's office. "They told us to bend over like when we pray," said one little girl. "I was sore about three days." Later, another child complained: "Mr. Powell whipped me with a paddle one inch thick." Three boys said they were made to sit on the floor for 20 to 43 minutes with their feet propped up on high stacks of books...
Columbia's Lorton Reformatory, then had to wait and see if the volunteers developed the expected thick "sinusitis-like" type of cold. Dr. Atlas and Biochemist George A. Hottle started looking for a way to speed up the testing process. Finally, in last week's issue of Science, they reported success...
Sometimes, as happened last week, Marsh's cast of characters appears uptown, in a thick-carpeted gallery. He presents them in big, delicate drawings done with a brush and Chinese ink, and oils gleaming with thin glazes of subdued color. He worries continually about his methods, buttonholes fellow painters for advice. "I never know just how to go about a picture," he explains. "Each one takes a new focus...
...mirror is 24 inches thick at the edge, and looks absolutely rigid. But, judged by the delicate standards of astronomy, it is almost as flexible as cellophane, changing its shape appreciably (in millionths of an inch) with each new position as the telescope swings with the stars. In cells on the under side of the mirror (see cut) are 36 complicated mechanisms, each with 1,100 parts, designed to control this out-of-focus warping by varying pressure...
Rain turned Tanforan's racing strip into thick, black gumbo. But it takes more than gumbo to stop Citation, a wonder horse in all weathers. Last week, in his first West Coast race, Citation sloshed effortlessly down the stretch to win his tune-up for next week's $50,000 Tanforan Handicap. His time was 1:12, one second off the six furlong track record. Explained Jockey Eddie Arcaro: "I didn't want to hurry...