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...morning, some months later, when Germany invaded Russia, Hopkins was telephoning Government lawyers to see if Russia could be included under Lend-Lease. The consensus was that she could. Six weeks later, when Franklin Roosevelt found out that no shipment of munitions had yet been sent, Harry Hopkins was in England arranging the Atlantic Charter conference. He got a cable ordering him forthwith to Moscow. Two days later he was closeted alone with Stalin in the Kremlin...
...consensus: V-2 is probably propelled by alcohol or gasoline and liquid oxygen. It has a warhead with about a ton of explosive, a supply of compressed gas (perhaps nitrogen) to force the fuel into the combustion chamber, and fins to keep it on a set course. It is believed to carry at least seven times the weight of its explosive in fuel. It probably has a series of jets, operated in succession to keep the rocket going on its long course (and perhaps helpful also in steering). One plausible reconstruction, by Martial & Scull, Manhattan industrial designers, indicated a steering...
...consensus of opinion on the Atlanth case is "Yes" in Company 1 and "No" in Company 2. It seems that Professor Merriam and Professor Barloon were in disagreement last term over the issue hence the unpleasant conflict of opinion Advance repots indicate that the next report will not possess such complications. Until then, we can wonder whether our first attempt proved too horrible to release to young hopefuls...
Doctors now know in general which diseases penicillin helps, have worked out a tentative schedule of dosage. Present consensus is that 40,000 to 120,000 units daily, given gradually by vein or intramuscular injection for about a week, should cure the average case with a systemic infection. Treatment for gonorrhea is usually much shorter; treatment for subacute bacterial endocarditis, much longer. For application to wounds, about 50,000 units in salt solution is used, varying with the size of the wound...
...People who eat and sleep baseball between the middle of April and the second week in October are in for nightmares and nervous indigestion. That was last week's expert consensus. Under prevailing 4-F conditions, the probabilities were that the teams in both leagues would be more evenly matched than last year or the year before-and uniformly awful. Details...