Word: split
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...choose between his bowstrings. The Army blame his labor laws and his inflationary wage increases for the country's deteriorating economy; but if he tries to withdraw the favors granted, he runs the risk of losing labor support. If he does nothing, and the economy worsens, his split with the Army will widen. Perón, conscious of this danger, has harped on the theme of "nefarious forces" attempting to sabotage his regime. Government newspapers have recalled that 1,500,000 died in the Mexican revolution. Evita, echoing the ominous note, said last week: "If I have to fall...
...finality of Kramer's, and last week Bromwich's hairline drives, particularly his two-fisted baseball swing on his right side, were only occasionally as good as they were in 1939, when the Australians won the cup. Grimacing and holding their heads at their errors, they split the first two sets; then temperamental Ted got his savage overhead under control, and blasted out the next two and the match...
Essentially, the tame bomb is a "pile" like the original uranium pile at the University of Chicago. But uranium needs slow-moving neutrons to make its atoms split. Thus, a uranium pile is made up of small rods of uranium embedded in a large mass of graphite. Plutonium is different: its atoms can be split by fast neutrons. So a pile made of plutonium needs no graphite or other "moderator." The "Nagasaki model" atom bomb is a plutonium pile that reacts so quickly that it blows itself (and the neighborhood) to bits in millionths of a second...
...cautious trial flight for Field, whose father has spent untold millions keeping the Chicago Sun, PM and other ventures aloft. For only $70,000 (his own), Field IV got all the preferred stock in American Family. The common stock will be split four ways among: 1) Grimes's massive (4,900 stores) Independent Grocers' Alliance, 2) Mullen, 3) Field IV, 4) Carl J. Weitzel, vice president and treasurer of Field Enterprises, Inc. An advisory board of 47 educators and clergymen will try to help the magazine aim a little higher than its biggest rivals...
...buying up depressed Liberty Bonds. Traders first began to notice him when he became a big buyer of Canadian bonds. In the bull market of the '20s, he loaded up heavily with Woolworth and Montgomery Ward when they were low-priced, made millions when they spiraled and were split. One of the few to unload before the 1929 crash, he doubled his fortune by going short...