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...apparently not favored in the British Colonial office, as appears from statements in the House of Commons by Undersecretary W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore. A representative of the Christian Science Monitor, however, was " informed in well-informed circles" that Mr. Ormsby-Gore's statement was "given on the spur of the moment...
...looked about us in entirely new surroundings. The place where we had come out was nothing less than Machu Picchu, the old capital city which Bingham discovered, the Hub of the Inca universe. You will remember from my earlier letters that the University was situated on a spur of the same mountain-unit on which the city was perched, but separated from it by a steep ridge which made it almost inaccessible. The tunnel had been built underneath to communicate between...
...wireless signals the most determined of these boys took up wireless. It was a hopeless effort, for Mr. Marconi himself was having heavy weather of it, even with all the money and facilities he was able to command. But as is always the case, failure only served to spur on the real dyed-in-the-wool enthusiast. When the queer properties of a piece of galena ore, or a crystal of silicon, carborundum and several other minerals was discovered, feeble little signals were occasionally heard, and this sealed the fate of many young men. They were able to communicate with...
...most important requisites of a successful photographer is the ability to think quickly and act on the spur of the moment. In many cases the man with the camera has only one chance to photograph what he wants, and if he doesn't act at the right time, he loses the picture. This is true of taking pictures of notables, and in taking action pictures, especially in sports. The man who can take a picture of a football play at the precise time when the play is in its most interesting stage is a valuable asset to the paper...
...mean that every question that comes up should be decided summarily on the spur of the moment. Weigh your evidence well, decide carefully and deliberately, but when you have made up your mind, then...