Word: resistance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bathyscaphe, long abuilding (TIME, July 8, 1946; Aug. 18, 1947) is a steel sphere 6½ feet in outside diameter with thick walls to resist the enormous underwater pressure. It will not be suspended from a cable, like William Beebe's bathysphere (which set a 3,000-ft. depth record in 1934). The Piccard sphere will float like a balloon in the ocean depths, supported by tanks filled with buoyant gasoline. A heavy iron keel attached by electromagnets will cause the sphere to sink. To rise, Piccard will cut the electric current and release the keel. The bathyscaphe...
Berlioz: Fantastic Symphony (Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum conducting; English Decca, 12 sides). Berlioz' blend of bombast and beauty is hard to resist in the performance of this great Amsterdam orchestra. Recording: excellent...
Would the government really force privileged big shots to hand over their hoards of gold and U.S. dollars? Would China devise and enforce an efficient tax system? Would the government resist the temptation to pay its bills by grinding out more & more notes on the printing presses? Would it freeze prices and wages...
...Israeli political position is a highly delicate one. They may resist Abdullah-but must be sure not to crush him. They may beg the U.S. for help-but must be sure that help does not hopelessly alienate the Arabs. They may snarl at the British, but must remember that the British want essentially what Israel has to have-stability in the Middle East...
Evidence that few companies would be able to resist the general trend came from the Government-controlled North American Rayon and American Bemberg Corps. After arguing for months that the companies' prices .were already too high, the Office of Alien Property was finally won over by minority stockholders, agreed to let management charge 10% more...