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...been prepared for the war, hadn't he? The headlines and speeches and buttons and proclamations had brought it closer and closer; everybody had seen it coming. He might have known the vacations would change, like all else. He would have to change, too, would Vag; he'd develop a stern and realistic attitude and wear a V pin and make sacrifices, because everyone else was. What could he do to help--take a First Aid course maybe, or donate a pint of blood? Brrr! He didn't like the idea of a big, thick needle jabbed...
Individual Rights. "Every man should have the opportunity of a decent house, a healthy childhood, an education suited to his abilities and a chance to develop and express his social and spiritual nature -in work, in leisure and in retirement...
...Japanese landed in Sarawak, on the wild and oily island of Borneo. So far this was only a holding attack on Singapore's flank; it might eventually develop into a quest for oil, but the British reported that they had already destroyed the wells in the region threatened by the Japanese...
Bright, healthy children may be transformed into incorrigible delinquents. Adults do not change so radically, but may develop a typical masklike expression, trembling hands, a stiff, rigid body. Some are drowsy all the time; others cannot sleep. Strangely enough, victims do not necessarily lose athletic skill. Said Dr. Neal: "I have seen patients bedridden by day who were able to walk and even dance during the night. . . . One patient could pitch a ball with speed and accuracy, whereas the spasticity [jerkiness] and tremor of his right arm interfered with his carrying out the more simple acts of everyday life...
Botanist Knudson suspects that the bigger its chloroplasts, the bigger is a plant's power to synthesize food for its own growth-and for the nourishment of man and beast. So Knudson's colleagues are eagerly planning to adapt his method to develop more productive strains of corn, wheat, clover, other crops...