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Word: wring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chicago, Atomic Scientist Dr. Harold Urey was miffed because a reporter had quoted him as remarking of Einstein's new Generalized Theory of Gravitation: "If I read it I probably couldn't understand it." Said Dr. Urey: "I could wring that reporter's neck! It was just an idle remark. Who cares that I don't understand the theory of relativity and/or gravity? I'm just a poor chemist, not a physicist. It would mean something if [Dr.] Robert Oppenheimer said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Specialist's Eye | 1/9/1950 | See Source »

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