Word: lighters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were also slow to realize how deep and serious was the revulsion in Greece. The Greek government went so far as to charge that the bombing that touched off the affair was engineered by the Turks themselves, arrested the Turkish watchman of the Salonika consulate as the alleged fuse lighter...
Last week Sylvester prescribed the appropriate beverage to go with reducing diets: "Lighter fluid." Sylvester can seldom resist a pun. He told about the vending machine that sells flowers and gives "change in peonies," and the vacationing scientist who posted a sign on his office, "Gone Fission." When the German Chancellor flew to Moscow, Sylvester wondered: "Due to time changes, did he have to Adenauer...
Eight-inch shells weigh about 240 Ibs.; so the bomb itself will not weigh more than that, and it may weigh much less since the casing may be lighter than the steel parts of the shell. A fighter-bomber could carry 16 such bombs, each powerful enough to knock the heart out of a good-sized city. A B-47 could carry 50 or more of them on a long flight, and distribute them over a large industrial complex. Atomic shells for 8-in. guns are apparently an accomplished fact, although none has been tested in actual artillery. Next step...
...Louis' Church of the Resurrection of our Lord and the Catholic Chapel of Brandeis University's Interfaith Center Ihe use of clear glass has become more widespread in the new churches partly for reasons of economy and where stained glass is used, it is of lighter and simpler design. Gables tend to be high, with long, sloping roofs, as m St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Columbus. This "tent" construction lends itself well to expansion by making it relatively simple to increase the length of the nave...
More to Come. Still, there was no lack of gambling spirit in Las Vegas. Last week, as some hotel operators were moving out, sadder and lighter in pocket, other hotel-men were preparing to come in. Around Las Vegas bulldozers roared, and workmen toiled in the hot sun. Abuilding were three new hotels, the Martinique, Lady Luck and Fremont. Total cost...