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...present time there is only one other dictionary of its kind in existence. When completed, the set of volumes will contain material seattered throughout many Chinese dictionaries, as well as many words contained in no other lexicon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chinese Dictionary Being Prepared in Boylston Hall | 3/9/1940 | See Source »

There is still room for improvement. The examinations should contain questions commanding the respect of thinkers rather than parrots. An informative campaign should be waged stressing the needs of the Service, and complete statistics of the opportunities (or their lack) should be made publicly available. Only by pushing energetically its recent policy of encouraging the college graduate in the Civil Service will the government be able to take full advantage of the many new public administration schools from New Mexico A. & M. to Harvard's Littauer Center...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STARCHING THE WHITE COLLAR | 3/8/1940 | See Source »

...method of exploring for metal-bearing ores, described last week at the American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineers, is based on the discovery that plants growing over a metallic ore body contain more of the metal in their tissue than plants growing elsewhere. To smoke out hidden ores, leaves and bushes are burned to ash, and the ash is examined under spectroscopes for significantly high metallic content...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Technology Notes | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

...works included in the exhibit. Grosz shows, by means of florid, fleshy color, the essential similarity existing between a man and the side of raw meat which he is preparing to cut. Placed on a table behind which this butcher-like individual is standing, are plates and bowls which contain ground meats, salamis, and other foods representing the products for which the carcass of the slaughtered animal is utilized. In the lower left corner of the painting, there is a potted plant, the pale green leaves of which serve as a restful contrast to the warm color used elsewhere. Thus...

Author: By Jack Wilner, | Title: Collections & Critiques | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

...report also will contain suggestions on how the weaknesses can be remedied...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PBH '43 COMMITTEE OPPOSES ELECTIONS TO CLASS OFFICES | 2/15/1940 | See Source »

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