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...reports that he used electrical stimulation of eye muscles (two volts, one milliampere to each eye, 15 minutes three times a week), 75,000 units of vitamin A daily (to stimulate formation of visual purple-a pigment in the retina), daily injections of one-half cc. of vitamin B complex (for nerve vitality), five drops of iodine by mouth daily (to stimulate body metabolism), red & green glasses, training with colored cards...
...Sweezy has filled that gap, and filled it surprisingly well. He does not attempt to cover the whole complex area of Marxist thought, but he hits the high spots, illuminating them brilliantly. The important elements, from economic determinism through surplus value to the class interpretation of recent history, are stated, interpreted, and criticized. No such complete survey of a system of economic doctrines has appeared in recent years...
...formation of helium from hydrogen is theoretical. It has not been done in the laboratory. It is also complex, involves six steps in which carbon atoms participate but are finally released unchanged. But it is the only theory which accounts for the sun. Further, it accounts for the energy of all the stars except the relatively cool "red giants." A star, in keeping with Bethe's theories on the sun, apparently gets hotter and brighter, "behaves very foolishly" toward the end, uses up the last of its fuel supply in a burst of glory and a "brilliant death...
...Justice Holmes of the U.S. Supreme Court welcomed a new secretary just out of Harvard Law School. "My son," said Holmes, "my philosophy is divided into two parts, each equally important: the first-keep your bowels open; and the second-well, the second is somewhat more complex and a part of your duties is to hear it during the next nine months...
Already controlling the biggest stock interest in vast, complex railroad holding company Alleghany Corp. (main asset: C. & O. stock), last week's elections also gave Bob Young undisputed control over four top-notch railroads.* The four this year will gross about $335,000,000, will clear net profits of almost...