Word: uses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...came back to Washington after three weeks of convalescence from a kidney operation, was about ready to get on with his new job: chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission. His predecessor: the late John J. Pershing. His new offices: the Pentagon suite which Black Jack never got to use...
...send us home." But when the ballots were counted, it was 757 for to 172 against. Dr. Fifield summoned his followers to a protest meeting at the Hotel Statler. His dire prediction: 500 to 1,000 churches will withdraw to form a separate group, and litigation will begin over use of the Congregational name...
...brain, said Professor McCulloch, is made up of neurons (nerve cells) which are nothing more nor less than small electrical relays, each containing its own built-in power supply. The cells burn sugar to carbon dioxide and water, and use the energy produced to keep their outer surfaces electrically charged in relation to their interiors. The electrical tension (voltage) between the two parts is about seven-hundredths of a volt...
These blasts against the utilities evoked some sympathetic echoes in many U.S. towns and villages. To conserve power, some companies have called for voluntary brownouts. In other areas, notably the Northwest and Southeast, where the power shortages are gravest, residents have been asked to cut down their use of electricity or go without. New Englanders had a different problem. There, power was so expensive that it tended to drive industries away. Were the utilities to blame for the shortage...
This smoke-shrouded monster is Lockheed's 92-ton Constitution, the largest commercial-type land plane in use. Built for the U.S. Navy, the Constitution took off last week from Moffet Field, Calif., on its maiden passenger trip to Washington. Six auxiliary jets helped the plane cut its take-off run. The double-decked Constitution broke no speed records (it made the trip in 9 hrs. 35 min.), but it carried 90 people, the largest number ever flown in a nonstop transcontinental flight. Though Lockheed has no commercial orders for the plane, President Robert Gross thinks it would...