Word: wave
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ewing and Press had long believed that disturbances in the air cause waves in the land and sea. In search of proof, they selected as a "laboratory test" the 1883 Krakatoa eruption, whose mighty bang sent air waves seven times round the earth. One chapter in a fat report by Britain's Royal Society recorded the progress of the volcano's air wave. Another clocked the sea wave, which swept across the Indian Ocean and was measured by tidal gauges as far away as Britain. Oddly enough, both waves were reported in many distant places, including the English...
...Ewing and Press this looked interesting. The air wave and the sea wave did not travel at the same speed or by the same route. Why did they arrive together? Further study of the records showed that only the air wave could be a direct effect of the volcano's explosion. In distant places like England, the sea wave recorded on the tide gauges must have been "induced" by the air disturbance. Here was dramatic proof that events in the atmosphere do affect the sea below...
...Christian life: young men picking the seminaries, joining religious orders; intellectuals going back to religion instead of back to the land; religious books standing high on the bestseller lists; church membership rising. Do these wavelike evidences show the beginnings of a tide, or are they simply an isolated wave...
Meanwhile, he took a look at British industrial plants, and lived in London with wife Connie, an ex-WAVE. McHale liked the easy informality at the Economist, which, like TIME, is a "first-name outfit." The English writers were always ready for a 20-minute chat on any subject, from the sad state of African groundnuts to the poor taste of American movies. Said he: "They speak with such conviction, fluency and lucidity, even when they are talking absolute tripe...
...Dahlia when she worker in the Square. The Record finally tracked down Brown who promptly reversed himself and confirmed the Los Angeles reports. He left for Jersey City without explaining the reasons for his first story, although there is some evidence that he was trying to avoid another wave of eager confessions. He also left a group of somewhat embarrassed newspapers--including the CRIMSON--floundering wildly to keep up with his fast and shifty trail. The Sergeant's story had thrown off everybody but the Berkeley Street sources, and they had tripped him up. As one police reporter explained...