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...their first meeting with the Quakers, Coach Fesler's cohorts completely overcame any Penn threats, as they walked away to their easiest victory of the year, 44 to 34. But tonight's visitors are as unpredictable as their boats, having lost eight games and won two--43 to 32 against Cornell and 46 to 36 over Yale...

Author: By A.edward Rowse, | Title: CRIMSON FIVE TO MEET PENN HERE TONIGHT | 3/12/1941 | See Source »

...vesicants. Whereas in World War I sternutators caused one casualty for every 650 pounds of gas used, and lung injurants one per 230 pounds, blister gas was much more efficient: one per 60 pounds. There are no certain defenses against it except reprisal. But it is not the easiest gas to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Will Chemistry Fight? | 3/10/1941 | See Source »

...emergency exists, then, in every college, and every college must retrench and scrimp and economize as best it can. The policy at Harvard, as outlined by University officials, is perhaps distinctive because of its far-sighted determination "not to sacrifice long-term gains to solve a temporary crisis." The easiest method of slashing the budget, and one which may be adopted widely, is to reduce salaries. After all, it does seem a plausible argument that teachers should participate in the sacrifices which are everywhere being made for defense. But such a way out would reverse a trend which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD TRIMS ITS SAILS | 2/19/1941 | See Source »

...break up and reintegrate their properties. The Government postponed the issue by making its first court fight on a harmless clause. Then SEC postponed the integration problem, began asking the companies to submit plans only last year. Most of the plans submitted chose to interpret Section 11 the easiest way. Last week SEC published the first Section 11 blueprint of its own. United Gas Improvement Co., whose system it was designed to integrate, found that Section 11 was not easy after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disunited Gas Improvement | 2/3/1941 | See Source »

...oldest utility holding company in the U. S. (founded 1882), also one of the easiest to understand. Its capital structure is simple (no funded debt), its empire's outlines visible to the naked eye. Its holdings (exclusive of unconsolidated investments) have a book value of $626,500,000. About $350,000,000 of this is in a well-integrated system selling electricity in an area 30 by 80 miles in southeast Pennsylvania (including Philadelphia), northern Maryland and Delaware. Another big unit (Connecticut Light & Power Co.) sells electricity and gas to three-fourths of Connecticut. In addition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disunited Gas Improvement | 2/3/1941 | See Source »

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