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Although almost light-hearted by comparison with Andreyev's other works, "He Who Gets Slapped" is a sombre and moody play; as is often true of tragedy, it is reflective and can easily be condemned for dragging by a theatre goer searching after bright lights and gaiety...
...Ophiuchi, had a very significant wobble. After watching it for years, he had decided that it must be the dominant member of a couple. Apparently, it was revolving once in eight and a half years around a dimmer star. He did not see the "dark companion" -"dark" only by comparison with the glare of Alpha Ophiuchi...
...detection research, is as curious as it is practical. A five-pound bomb, tossed into the water by the survivor, explodes under hydrostatic pressure 3,000 to 4,000 feet under sea. Sound waves, carried by the water, are picked up by three or more shore stations. By careful comparison of the arrival times of the signals, the stations can chart the position of the explosion, through triangulation...
Government 12, party government in the United States; Government 29b, government regulation of industry; History 9b, history of Rome form 201 B.C. to 96 A.D.; Philosophy 10a, theory of knowledge; Philosophy 16, comparison of Indian and Western thought...
Multi-Managed Future. Even in outline, MacArthur's blueprints for Japan shone in comparison with the haphazard and piecemeal planning which Russia, Britain, France and the U.S. have done independently in Germany. His sweeping experiment has had the great virtue of unity. How will it fare under the newborn multi-national Commission and Council...