Word: repeatability
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...archeologists disagreed by centuries. Dr. Douglass examined the logs of one, reported: "The wood for this dwelling was cut in the year 1260 A. D." But what interested the Carnegie Institution most was his finding evidence of periodicity in his charts which led him to believe that weather might repeat itself in cycles, and his invention of a way to detect and analyze such cycles...
...ardent researcher badgered his publishers until Kreisler cabled his confession from Vienna. He wrote most of his so-called classical music 30 years ago when he felt the need of enlarging his repertoire and deduced that it would be "inexpedient and tactless to repeat my name endlessly on programs...
What. Just as regular newshawks make the events of yesterday live again in print, so The March of Time undertakes to recreate them on the screen by the simple process of going back to the "scene of action and getting the characters to repeat themselves in word and deed...
Shoulder Strap. Once a person has dislocated a shoulder he must ordinarily be careful not to reach too roughly, for probably one-third of dislocated shoulders repeat the accident. Dr. Toufick Nicola of Manhattan prevents the repetition by cutting part of one of the tendons of the shoulder joint (biceps tendon) and drilling a hole through the upper portion of the arm bone (humerus). Dr. Nicola then laces the cut biceps tendon through the hole and fixes it at the other end of the joint. The tendon thus effectively straps the loose joint together...
...hush spread along the bar of Jack Bleeck's saloon, adjoining the New York Herald Tribune. Lounging newshawks put down their highball glasses, stared incredulously at their boss. He was obliged to repeat himself...