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The other is the policy of those independent-minded countries which, though many are remote from the U.S., and some have clashed with the U.S. in the past, have faith in the Good Neighborliness of the U.S.-such countries as Mexico and Chile. While they may differ with the U.S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: United We Stand | 1/19/1942 | See Source »

> Radio waves can be used to dry artificial silk as it is spun out of cellulose and reeled into hollow spools. Dried formerly with heat, the outer fibers would dry first and contract upon the inner ones, causing nonuniform drying and shrinkage. But high-frequency radio waves emanating from an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ingenious Waves | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

Such exercises are worse than useless, many modern teachers believe, because 1) in real life most computations involve numbers under 100, 2) pupils can spend their time more profitably checking simpler computations, learning how to trace and correct their errors, 3) they need to learn the principle of "approximation": i.e...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Third R | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

This week, while G.E. is starting work on a giant 100,000,000-volt model, Kerst is shipping his betatron to his laboratory in Illinois to see what discoveries he can make with it. Its electron beams have already penetrated inch-thick aluminum, made copper radioactive. Its medical applications, like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cyclotron's Rival | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

> Almost all aircraft plants are partly or completely air-conditioned. At Wright Aeronautical's huge Lockland, Ohio plant, a 6,000-ton* conditioner helps keep parts of the 1,700-h.p. radial engines perfect to the closest tolerances. At Dallas, North American Aviation uses artificial weather in bomber assembly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Air-Conditioned War | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

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