Word: photograph
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...monument to demagoguery. "Evidence of the naked force of the Federal Government is here apparent in these unsheathed bayonets in the backs of schoolgirls," cried Faubus, holding up a photograph-but not long enough to show that the girls were merely walking, giggling, past a line of troopers. In the Faubus account, bloodied Agitator Blake was suddenly transformed into a "guest in a home." The Army had gone on an orgy of "wholesale arrests." Actual number: eight, with four fined for loitering, and four released at the police station. An "imported judge," i.e., U.S. District Judge Ronald Davies of Fargo...
...photo board, he will be told by someone trying to take his picture at the same time, offers an opportunity to learn about photography and to know that 6600 people admire his photograph at one time. And finally, several calm, composed individuals will tell of the glory of the business board--the opportunity to meet many people and learn the persuasive tactics that keep pages filled with...
Yalies of age to indulge must apply to the New Haven town clerk, accompanied by birth certificate and photograph, for a purchase license. The Harkness bells were silent...
Servo's infra-red engineers are not permitted to tell how their apparatus works. There seem to be several types. The picture of the Republic plant looks as if it were made by some sort of scanning technique. Servo says that its instruments take their pictures on ordinary photographic film, first translating the heat image into a light image. If necessary, the instruments can be made sensitive to very small differences of temperature. An object that is one degree warmer or colder than its environment is detectable under field conditions. In the laboratory much smaller contrasts are sufficient...
Telltale Warmth. A trained intelligence expert can extract all sorts of information from an infra-red photograph. He can follow traffic along the roads and into underground hiding places. He can tell by the temperature of its winches whether a ship is handling cargo. He can decide at a glance whether an airfield is in use. Infra-red camouflage is theoretically possible, but even if a plant or missile station is put deep underground, it will have trouble dumping its heat in a way that will not show...