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...Massengill] when a defective sulfanilamide made by it was permitted to cause more than 100 deaths because proper public warning was not given. I suppose anything which causes infants to vomit is dangerous but so far we've had no reports of serious results." The consensus of the publicity-wise was in agreement with Dr. Dunbar - Centaur's costly action in its nightmarish plight may turn out to be excellent advertising in the long...
Alicia Markova is, by practically unanimous consensus, the greatest ballerina . alive. Only the cautious conservatism of ballet's experts keeps her from being hailed unreservedly as a ballerina assoluta, a rank in the choric hierarchy attained in recent generations only by Marie Taglioni and the late great Anna Pavlova. Well above a mime dansante (like Irina Baro-nova), immeasurably superior to a soubrette (Zorina's rating), Alicia Markova has attained to the category danseuse noble, and she may get to be a ballerina assoluta yet. She has a combination of flawless classical technique and an ability to project...
...they have been knit together by understanding. Can the arrangements of the peacemakers hold unless they are understood by the peoples to whom they apply? Can any degree of world government and law succeed without the consent of the governed; i.e., a world consensus about what is true and truly advantageous...
...Wright, assistant professor in Government, will chair the meeting and will endeavor to determine the consensus of the audience by calling for a vote on the topic at the close of the debate...
...unhappy freshmen. "Just how many people answered in good faith is difficult to determine. Probably the best index question would be that on the Civil War President. The Times says that 25 per cent of the American college freshmen do not honestly know the answer to this question. A consensus of American History teachers at Harvard and other colleges has revealed 2 as the more likely figure...