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23rd January 1953, Page 101
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

That Sweden is now storing liquid fuel in rock cavities.

That it is planned to retain in this way 10m. barrels a year.

That, in certain Circumstances, balancing may become juggling.

That what we really need most is a clearing house for fog.

That Trusty tippers for an off company are not, as their name might suggest, run on palm oil.

A mechanical enthusiast's re-writing of a song "I think that 1 shall never see a poem lovely as the i.e.e."

Of a G.E.C. heat accumulator constructed of steelencased concrete and a small electric heater.

That this device, which weighs about 4 cwt., is " charged " at the low-peak night period and emits some heat then but considerably more during the day following its full charge.

That one advantage of rubber overshoes is that the holes in the soles of one's ordinary shoes and socks do not matter so much. , That a really rapid cure for the common cold would save many millions of working hours now lost annually throughout trade and industry.

Of a tombstone set by the roadside in Little Rock, Arkansas, with a notice to drivers which reads: " Drive Carefully: We Can Wait. Capitol Monument Co." That the U.K. now has one Motor vehicle per 14 persons.

That this compares with one per 17 in Sweden, one per 19 in Belgium and slightly less than the last proportion in France, Switzerland and Norway.

That stainless steel possesses this attribute because of an invisible protective oxide film.

That certain failures of this steel to resist corrosion are thought to be caused by lack of the film where insufficient oxygen to form it has been present.

That constant demands for wage increases by miners may eventually kill the coal industry and close the pits.

That coal may then be replaced, at first by oil fuel and, later, by atomic power.

Of someone who thought that the wording at the top of the Dyson advertisement of January 16 was a misprint for "Handsomely trailered—."

That, although unpopular with the natives at first, one-way streets have solved many traffic problems in the tortuous mazes of Britain's ancient cities . and towns.

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