Word: exaction
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...sharply out effects which are the glory of the Imagists,--and frequently attain them. Lowell writes of the advantage which the early risers of literature have over us moderns in gathering words while the dew is still fresh on them. When a word which once had a single exact meaning has been worked to nervous prostration what can we do but invent either a new word or a new use of an old one? When the best metaphors have become an old story, what can we do but bring together in fresh metaphors ideas that were never brought face...
...germs "to kill a million mice." He was given the white powder-and quickly recovered. These experiments on mice continued until Dr. Felton was positive he had found a remedy for pneumonia. At least he was certain the new substance was in no way harmful. He then determined the exact potency of the new serum, distributed small quantities of it among hospitals in Boston, New York, Brooklyn. Humans. Thereupon the substance was injected into the veins of 120 persons, suffering from pneumonia. In not one case was there any unfavorable reaction. On the basis of these tests it was predicted...
...ball. That is, instead of the former diameter of 1.62 inches it will be 1.68 inches and instead of the former weight of 1.62 ounces it will be 1.55. Thus the new ball is lighter and bigger and has less specific gravity-a specific gravity of 1.08, to be exact. This amount is a trifle above the specific gravity of the old "floater" type of ball...
...Raymond Pearl, famed Johns Hopkins biologist, threw a tomb into the ranks of the Drys, who had long believed that the science of physiology was on their side. Making public an investigation based on exact records of the drinking habits of more than 150,000 normal persons throughout their lives, he reached the conclusion that "moderate steady drinkers have a better expectation of life at all ages from 30 to the end of the life span than do total abstainers." Heavy drinkers have the poorest expectation of life at all ages after 30, except that heavy-drinking males from...
Coach Brown has been shifting the line-ups of the class boats so frequently that it has been impossible to determine their exact power. Thursday, the Senior class eight outstripped the Union Boat Club by five lengthen the best exhibition by a class crew this year. However, the Sophomore A crew, composed of several men formerly on the third view of Coach Stevens, offers strong opposition to a 1924 victory...