Word: twisted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...phenomenon of superconductivity, or the unimpeded flow of electricity through metals cooled to temperatures approaching absolute zero (-459.6° F.), was given a new twist by Physicist Bernd Matthias of the Bell Telephone Laboratories. A magnetic field dissipates superconductivity. So for half a century, theorists have assumed that magnetic metals could not be used. But Matthias found that some magnetic metals serve unusually well as superconductors. In fact, by combining magnetic metals with others, he can make alloys that become superconducting at the relatively high temperature of -426° F. It is even possible, Physicist Matthias adds, to make superconducting...
...come when those with effective prayer-negation power will be sought again for their healing help." How does one go about praying negatively? One experimenter resorted to calling her seedlings Communists. "To her that is an epithet of disdain, scorn and active dislike. Those poor seeds seemed to twist and writhe under the negative power showered on them...
Author Duerrenmatt turns his plot so neatly that he cannot help licking his chops over it. His final ironic twist is both fiendish and plausible, but he leads up to it in a sententious, preachy chapter. And the carefully spelled-out fact that selflessness and faith were the road to Matthäi's breakdown creates an atmosphere of intense depression. But none of these shortcomings can really harm an unconventional and psychologically ingenious mystery story...
Both sides--government and rebel--claimed victories in rival propaganda broadcasts from stations 200-odd miles apart. There was no independent confirmation of any victory claims. Late tonight the government radio added a new twist--it began to ignore the revolt entirely...
Next day another announcement merely served to twist the knife in Chicago's wounded pride: the canceled tour, said ANTA, would be taken over by the New York Philharmonic, under the leadership of Conductor Leonard Bernstein...