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Forty-one days they huddled on the thwarts or lay half-conscious in the bilge. At last they reached the Great Barrier Reef and, with no chart but Bligh's memory of a voyage with Captain Cook, found a passage through. In a happier dawn than the one that saw their hopeless start they sailed into the harbor of Coupang, with Bligh still at the tiller and none of them quite dead...
...Pacifists say that as civilization progresses, war should decrease. To prove that, in the past, the reverse has been true, a historical war chart was exhibited by two Russian expatriates. The chartmakers plotted the amount of war in the Occidental world from 500 B. C. to 1925 A. D. They surveyed 902 wars, gave each an index number based on duration, number of combatants, number of casualties, number of participating countries, proportion of combatants to noncombatants. From this they computed index numbers for each of the 24 whole centuries examined and for the fractional 25th...
...anyone needs further proof of Long's worth to our nation, I suggest that he be in Congress on that memorable day when Huey rolls in that chart, 18 by 36 feet or thereabouts, collars some confrere, and startles the nation with the Long plan for recovery. The only trouble with it, said Huey, is that it might take a long time to work...
Just a field of new mown hay, Where the statisticians play, Just a formula to shield me from all harm, Where the propaganda grows, And the chart blooms like a rose...
...seeps. Before entering the pool again, the water is impregnated with chlorine gas, which lends a greenish color and which disinfects the water while it is in the pool. The results of this addition can be tested by comparing a test tube full of water with a graded color chart. In addition, the floor of the tank is periodically cleaned by being subjected to the suction of a large curry comb, connected by a hose to the vacuum end of the pumps...