Word: tiniest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...When two electrodes are placed side by side at a given angle, these Lichtenberg Figures will meet, coincide-the moment of their coincidence depending upon the time (unimaginably brief) required by the waves in their passage between the electrodes. So large is the ratio of these Figures that the tiniest fractional divisions of a second may be detected...
Defeat. After a whole day of debate, which T. P. O'Connor, "Father of the House," characterized as "a miserable tempest in the tiniest little teapot that was ever introduced into political life," a vote was taken for decision on which motion-Conservative motion of censure or Liberal amendment motion- a vote should be taken. By 359 to 198 the House decided to vote on the Liberal suggestion that Parliamentary inquiry be held. The vote on this measure resulted in the defeat of the Labor Ministry by 364 to 198 votes-only twelve Liberals voted with the Laborites...
George V: " Accompanied by my wife, I paid a visit to a new maternity wing of Queen Mary's Hospital in the poor district of London. When I stooped to rock the cradle of one of my tiniest subjects, the nurse in charge hurried up to me and said politely: 'We don't rock babies nowadays, Your Majesty.' She explained that it had been found that rocking made babies...