Word: objectively
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Light coming from a moving object has a slightly changed wave length and therefore makes a displaced mark on a spectrograph's plate...
Most of the people came out of the water a purplish-blue from cold. Their teeth chattered uncontrollably and they clutched the nearest object with unreasoning desperation after being hauled to safety. Occasionally their rescuers pulled aboard a corpse. The living gradually told a disjointed tale of disaster. The gleaming white hospital ship, on a shakedown cruise after being taken out of mothballs, had been rammed by the 15,000-ton freighter
Other Fish to Fry. The usually philosophic Douglas shouted, "I object." Hot and rumpled, he paced the floor, demanded a quorum so that the question of whether his words had been objectionable could be put to a vote. Actually the matter was of little importance, but Douglas, angry at McKellar, insisted that his colleagues go through the whole rigmarole. Annoyed Senators, with other fish to fry, were herded complainingly out of offices and cloakroom and onto the floor. Morse slumped in his seat, grinning gleefully, while the still indignant Douglas had the record read. McKellar gave up, let the record...
...Cold Does It. Langmuir, the man of theory, soon worked out the "mechanism." It was the low temperature of the dry ice, not its carbon dioxide, that did the trick. Any very cold object, e.g., a needle cooled with liquid air, served as well...
Professional educators never tire of talking about the ideal teacher. Few have bothered to consult the object of the object of their talk, i.e., the schoolchildren. But one has: Dr. Paul Witty of Northwestern University, originator and judge of the annual "Best Teacher" contest sponsored by the Quiz Kids radio show. For five years, he has been poring over letters from children about their teachers. Last week, after reading the 90,000th, he told teachers at Northwestern's summer school just what the youngsters think about them...