Word: phenomenon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Radio as a cultural phenomenon impressed Oxford Historian E. L. Woodward because "for the first time a single voice can address the whole world." In praise of BBC, Woodward says that the British "at once saw the control of broadcasting as one of the problems of liberty. They treated this new source of power over men as they had treated in the past the power of kings and magnates . . . Considered politically, the arrangements governing the BBC and its broadcasts follow the same lines of thought as the order and rules under which the House of Commons has protected the freedom...
...cosmic rays come from the "annihilation of matter" (atoms turning into energy) somewhere out in space. He has elaborate evidence to prove his theory. The gathered cosmic raymen did not try to argue with their dean; neither did they agree with him. Cosmic rays are a baffling and complex phenomenon. In spite of years of concentrated work, the experts do not even agree about what they are, much less about what causes them...
...Mars) who happened to tune in on the Earth last week would have been struck by a peculiar hissing sound. It was a form of static caused by the word "peace" being fervently repeated by millions from Minsk to Minneapolis. Contrary to what the listener might conclude, the phenomenon did not mean that peace was any nearer, or that anyone could relax. In fact, the more people sat back in the belief that peace on earth was just around the corner, the nearer the world would...
...Then note the remarkable phenomenon of the military . . . supporting fundamental research by contract with universities. Who would have expected ... to find the U.S. Navy vigorously furthering a program . . . including nucleonics and genetics...
...terrible complex of Mexican women," said Diego, "is proved by the phenomenon that North American women, especially the most beautiful and well-formed, as soon as they reach Mexico and go to a semitropical climate, for example Cuernavaca, throw off their imported clothes and dress Mexicana . . . gaining 100% in their looks...