Word: unevennesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...HEATING. When microwaves are focused into a narrow beam and directed at substances such as water, organic solvents and salt solutions, they cause them to heat almost instantaneously. Because the molecules of these substances are polarized-containing an uneven distribution of positive and negative charges-they align themselves with the direction of an electric field. Microwave fields reverse themselves rapidly; to keep up with them, the polarized molecules must oscillate constantly. This oscillation produces a rise in temperature. In a microwave oven, for example, the electric field completely permeates a potato, instantly heating the moisture in its center as well...
More significant yet in a border state with an uneven record in race relations was enactment of 1) a limited open-housing statute, 2) a measure broadening the existing public-accommodations law to conform with federal legislation, and 3) repeal of the state's 306-year-old ban on racial intermarriage...
...Jazz Dance Workshop has put together an entertaining evening of ballet. Its program of eight short pieces, though uneven, has moments which are truly exciting...
...Crucible marks the debut of the Dudley House Drama Society. It is flawed and uneven, but on the whole, Finch and his determined cast have put on a solid straightforward production of a good play...
...described these visitations as "like a strong wind that blew fresh air through the office but also scattered the papers into hopeless confusion. There were usually two noticeable results . . . The staff got less sleep but their morale went up, and the finished issue, though it might be uneven, had some unusual high spots...