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Twin Sisters. The first of Whitehead's 22 books (A Treatise on Universal Algebra) was published in 1898; his final volume (Essays in Science and Philosophy) appeared last year (TIME, May 12). After a nine-year collaboration with his famous pupil, Bertrand Russell, Whitehead wrote the monumental Principia Mathematica...
According to the Tax Commissioner's Office, men declaring legal residence in Massachusetts will not be subject to stringent tax policies. Massachusetts assesses a two dollar Poll Tax on all citizens and allows residents a $2000 state income tax exemption plus an additional $500 deduction per wife.
Stabbed by Pygmies. Dr. Paul R. Hawley, a major general in World War II, now medical chief of the Veterans Administration, arrives at the question: "Did cholera defeat Custer?" By psychoanalytical deduction, Hawley concludes that Custer's Last Stand can definitely be traced to a cholera epidemic at Fort...
Saskatchewan's CCF bookkeeping has been questioned before. But according to the official figures, in the first half of the current fiscal year (from April 1 to Sept. 30, 1946), the province's socialized businesses made a capitalistic net profit (after deduction of depreciation reserves) of $329,500...
Glorious Future. Emigrants will pay their own fare (about $300), either in cash or in deduction from their pay after they start work. In Buenos Aires they will be welcomed by the Central Immigration Committee, which will find them the sort of job they prefer and can do best. The...