Word: opened
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...barbarians that are now infesting Europe." In the eyes of Princeton's Dr. Charles Rufus Morey, Marquand professor of art and archeology, the deluge had already arrived. Said he: "Never in the history of civilized art has humanity cut so poor a figure. Whatever is base, whatever is open to derision, whatever is ugly in human existence, is made a major theme not only by the most significant fiction of our time but by its art as well...
...treat this material with ether or by filtering to remove bacteria, pass it into chicken eggshells through a small hole made with a dentist's drill, inject it into the chick embryo's outer membrane. After allowing four or five days for the virus to propagate, they open the eggs, remove the membrane, grind it, mix it with broth, centrifuge it (a centrifuge is a high-speed whirling machine which acts like a cream separator). The vaccine is then ready...
Last July, Seattle opened its floating bridge, the longest, oddest pontoon bridge in the world. Its four-lane concrete highway, one and a quarter miles long, is the deck of 25 cement pontoons. The bridge actually floats, seven feet deep, in the water. As if the engineers had not had a hard enough job, they had also to include a draw-span, to take care of lake shipping. The draw-span section is made up of two pontoons. One forms a Y, the other floats between its arms, sliding out to close the bridge, slipping in to leave 200 feet...
...years Fairgoers have gaped at the capsule, gleaming at the bottom of its open well. One day this week, from a huge, hot caldron, 500 Ib. of petroleum pitch, chlorinated diphenyl and mineral oil were poured into the well, to act as a packing indefinitely resistant to moisture and soil acids. On the stroke of noon, the well was sealed. A crowd of spectators bared their heads. A bugle sounded taps. The capsule started on its long journey through time...
...Romig doesn't care for God Bless America he will not be compelled to sing it. ... Almost every veterans' outfit and Minute Men organization in the land open their meetings with it. ... Portland (Ore.) used it for the floral theme of its annual Rose Festival. ... It is played at all Brooklyn Dodgers home games, at the midget auto races at Castle Hill Stadium in The Bronx, at bingo games, and it was a standout feature of the President's birthday balls.... At Sheboygan, Wis., a local ordinance makes it a must at all band concerts along with...