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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Federal Power Commission demanded that Appalachian accept a license to dam the stream for a power plant. Under the Federal Water Power Act of 1920, no navigable stream (or non-navigable stream affecting interstate commerce) may thus be obstructed without Government permission, and Commission licenses contain an acquisition clause whereby such projects may be bought by the Federal Government in 50 years...
Typical German propagandist broadcasts designed to shake British morale contain minute details of what goes on inside individual British aircraft factories, tidbits of shop gossip which it would be easy for British Communist workers to pick up. Six-foot Rajani Palme Dutt, who succeeded Harry Pollitt as secretary of the Party (Pollitt is still a working member), is an Indian who has spent his life in Europe as a political agitator, stands well with Stalin and Molotov...
Like sweat and urine, saliva contains urea, a nitrogen compound. Dr. Stephan found that two groups of antagonistic bacteria flourish in saliva: 1) the destructive lactobacilli; 2) harmless germs of the staphylococcus family. By brewing an enzyme called urease. the staphylococci split up urea in the saliva into an ammonium compound, which neutralizes the erosive acid. Dr. Stephan's conclusion: teeth may decay when the saliva does not contain enough urea, or when the staphylococci are sluggish...
...summer theatres. Last summer she was at Brattle Hall. At present she is finishing her first book, an autobiography, written in collaboration with George Frazier of Harvard. Her own troupe of entertainers travels with her. She is proud of her Girls in Blue chorus, and thinks it may contain future stars. "A girl, though," he says, "he to reveal certain talents before she can take...
Professor Bruco C. Hopper '18, professor of Government advocated that our foreign policy be synchronized with "our effective striking power" by proper action in Europe and the Far East. He suggested a "diplomatic offensive of our own in the Far East to contain Japan and to free Russia for action against the Nazis when the time comes...