Word: upper
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Experiments detailed in a new issue of the Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences showed that 44,000 ft., with oxygen masks, is probably the absolute upper limit for flying. In a low-pressure chamber which reproduced conditions at that altitude, subjects passed the limit of effective activity, were in a precarious state. For all practical purposes, the limit is below...
...yawned and laened back in the somewhat precarious copy-desk seat. The typewriter paper looked neat but naked with its little "ed 1" in the upper right hand corner. What could one say about Commencement? Where could one find thoughts weighty enough for that solemn occasion? Vag felt as empty of weighty thoughts as Joe Miller's Joke Book. He reached for the nearby copy of PM, seeking inspiration and guidance, only to find himself asked the embarrassing but inevitable question. Well, he wasn't going to do anything about it, and if Ralph Ingersoll didn't like...
...because of the necessities of war. After Pearl Harbor, labor surrendered the right to strike, and for the most part has kept its promise. Since then WLB has had a clear directive from Mr. Roosevelt to stabilize whatever wages are in dispute, to fix a firm ceiling over the upper brackets. Because some war industries are amiably disposed to grant wage boosts which they can pass along to the Government, an interdepartmental committee* will keep an eagle eye on the 95% of the wages not in dispute. Except in the rare cases where management is willing, it is quite useless...
...Britain, who are constantly exposed to the carcinogenic mineral oil used in lubricating the spindles, may develop "mule spinners' cancer" of the scrotum. Obviously, said Dr. Cramer, occupational cancer is a "preventable disease." Social Cancers, an expression coined by Dr. Cramer, which include cancers of the esophagus, stomach, upper digestive tract -all especially common in the lower economic groups. One reason for this prevalence, said the doctor, is the "banal" fact of widespread tooth decay, or "in plain English, a dirty mouth." Improper chewing and constant swallowing of infected matter produce dangerous physical and chemical irritation of the digestive...
...demonstration of what a "medium-sized show" could be. One night when there was a hint of better ceilings after several days of bad weather, the R.A.F. thundered out across Germany with close to 300 planes. The target was industrial Mannheim (pop. 275,000), railroad-veined center on the upper Rhine. The R.A.F. was after the Daimler-Benz airplane-engine (for Messerschmitts, Dorniers, etc.) works, the Lanz armament plant, the vast Badische chemical works nearby...