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...best the harbor of Guam could shelter only about 100 ships. But in comparison to Pearl Harbor, it was nearly 4,000 miles closer to the war. From Australia this week a radio newscast reported that five-star Admiral Chester W. Nimitz would move his headquarters from Pearl Harbor to Guam shortly after the first of the year...
...emphasize Mr. Dewey's extreme good sportsmanship upon losing in comparison with the G.O.P. nominee of '40, who although a fine man in every respect, did not pull out of defeat with the cheerful acceptance of the inevitable as has Mr. Dewey...
Publisher Hillman and Editor Lyons bristle at the suggestion that their new 25? slick-paper, pocket-sized magazine is another Coronet, beam at comparison with Reader's Digest. Disinterested readers may find Pageant an agreeable blend...
...period pieces can hardly be called memorable. John P. Marquand '14 has collaborated with George S. Kaufman on a good and a very funny play, which, unfortunately, for itself, follows closely in the wake of the smash hit, "I Remember Mama,' and cannot help but suffer decidedly by comparison...
Scheinfeld observes that no overall comparison of male & female intelligence can be made. Women average higher in languages, esthetic skills (such as matching colors) and social accomplishments. But men show up better in tests for reasoning, ingenuity, comprehension, abstract thinking, mathematics, science. Scheinfeld thinks that male domination is not entirely responsible for the fact that no woman has ever produced a great invention, composed a great piece of music, or ranked with the great artists and writers. Says he: Women must always be handicapped in competition with men by the physical facts of life (childbearing, menstruation, etc.) and the necessity...