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...misleading statement. The leading wholesale badminton house in this country sold, during the past three years, more than three to four times the number of racquets and "birds" for outdoor use that it did for the indoor game. This equipment goes all over the country, and while the Hollywood area shows a slight increase on outdoor equipment, it is not appreciably higher than any other area. These facts can be verified by going into any sporting goods dealer who will tell you that the sale of outdoor equipment for badminton is far in advance of the indoor. While...
Ruled Justice Clauson: "Last December the British Government recognized the Italian Government as in fact the Government of the area then under Italian control. The effect of Great Britain's de facto recognition is that I am bound to treat the acts of the Government which was so recognized as acts which cannot be impugned.'' Referring to the decree signed by the Negus at Bath: "I cannot imagine any ground on which it could seriously be argued that I could pay any attention...
...Procession, the most modern communication system of all was brought into play-Television. In its most ambitious experiment yet, B. B. C. trained three filmless scanning cameras connected with the central transmitting station by cable costing $5,000 per mile. An estimated audience of 50,000 televiewers in an area of 7,500 sq. mi. watched the screens of their little receiving sets (average cost: $400) as the Procession passed, the King & Queen bowed close up, the excited Princesses waved and giggled. By no means perfect, this visual report was acclaimed by all its subscribers as marvelously satisfying...
...loss of large portions of grey and white matter without serious physical impairment has led Dr. Alford to search for a comparatively small "core of intelligence" in the brain. He found it, he told the Association last week, in "a quite small area, lying posteriorly near the base of the brain." In right-handed individuals this core is located in the left half of the brain; in left-handed ones, in the right hemisphere. Said Dr. Alford: "This area is responsible, when injured, for clouding, confusion and dementia. No other part of the brain, when injured, produces similar impairment...
...baskets are placed on conveyor belts, which carry them to the entrance. There the goods are sacked, carried to the customers' cars by red-capped attendants -Trading Post's only concession to service. President Sowles's "Fashion Avenue'' is strategically located in the area between the cash registers and the entrance, so that the customers have to stroll by the five little shops to get out-change in their pockets and their hands freed of previous purchases by the conveyor belt...