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...Szent-Györgyi's long researches on carbohydrate metabolism and oxidation also counted with the committeemen, but that they were largely preoccupied with Vitamin C this year was shown when they split the Prize for Chemistry between Haworth of England who mapped the vitamin's complex molecular structure, and Karrer of Switzerland who synthesized it. The Index's point was that a shy, soft-spoken U. S. chemist, Dr. Charles Glen King of the University of Pittsburgh, was the first to isolate Vitamin C and recognize it as such, that he announced his isolation...
...there is one thing particularly enjoyed by Arizona's florid, courtly Henry Fountain Ashurst, it is disseminating bits of the complex philosophy he has acquired in his 25 years in the U. S. Senate. Last week Senator Ashurst had a characteristically involved witticism to deliver. Said he: "In times of classical antiquity there were two things unpredictable: the way of a man with a maid, and the way of an eagle on a rock (which way it will fly)." The last decade, according to Senator Ashurst, has added another equally profound human uncertainty: "What will Congress...
...wouldn't have minded that bed, or any bed, when "The Game That Kills" came on. In this picture, which seemed to have been whipped together on a rainy Sunday afternoon, Rita Haywood, a little girl with a Simone Simon complex, saves a professional hockey team from the clutches of a gambling concern. After watching the team play for about an hour, we wondered if it was really worth her while...
...general social betterment among the tribesmen, a considerable number of Indian gigolos, a few serious pieces of fiction. Of this fiction the work of Oliver La Farge, notably his Pulitzer Prize-winning Laughing Boy, has stood out as the best, marked by accurate observation, sensitive understanding of the complex Indian psychology, a respect for their cultural dignity. Anthropologist turned writer, an official advisor to the Hopi, a director of the National Association on Indian Affairs, Oliver La Farge has made himself an Indian spokesman in Washington as well as in fiction...
Stepping to the switchboard, Mr. Scott announced, "And now I'll show you the . . ." but nothing happened although he had manipulated a dozen switches and plugs. "Hmmm," said Mr. Scott. He revealed that his invention would blow a fuse under certain complex electrical conditions. "Yes, that's one of Matilda's idiosyncrasies," he remarked...