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...getting rid of the U-238. It was simple in principle, like drying the water content out of a sodden fuel. But the physicists shuddered when they finished their calculations. No chain reaction, they found, could take place in a small bit of U-235, but a large enough chunk would surely explode...
...problem, once they had the big chunk, might be to keep it from exploding whenever it was struck by any wandering neutron. The explosion, they calculated, would certainly be more violent than anything yet seen on earth...
...other than financial-involves a gigantic architectural indecision and eventual about-face. In 1911, after the choir and sanctuary had been built in heavy Romanesque, a new architect (the late Ralph Adams Cram) decided to go Gothic. Today St. John's is Gothic fore & aft, with a great chunk of Romanesque amidships. The odd combination of Gothic's aspiring points and lacy frets with Romanesque's rounded arches is still bedeviling builders...
When Hollywood bites off a chunk like this and fills in with technicolor, things usually get very heady and cloying; the British (take another look at "On Approval") maintain a carefree buoyancy which aims at entertainment instead on Academy Awards...
...short, WPB will take its hands off a big chunk of U.S. industry, free enough materials so that it can make what it wants. Only on scarce materials, such as rubber, tin, textiles and lumber, will WPB keep a tight hold...