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...Conclusive evidence that coal and other minerals exist in Antarctica; that the entire Antarctic Ice Barrier is not afloat, as was commonly supposed, but is partly grounded; that the ice at the South Pole varies in thickness from two feet to two miles; that more meteors strike the earth's atmosphere than was formerly suspected; that the Edsel Ford Mountain Range may be a continuation of the great Andean Range; that a hitherto unknown area of 250,000 sq. mi. is part of the Pacific Ocean; that the inland fauna of Antarctica consists solely of skua gulls which live...
...Poem 44, for which Author Cummings does not seek wide circulation but which he wishes to ''exist for posterity." will appear only in the holograph edition (limited to nine copies at $99 each) wherein Mr. Cummings will write it in longhand...
Hard for U. S. citizens to understand is how such tiny spots of sovereignty as Monaco (8 sq. mi.) and San Marino (38 sq. mi.) are permitted to exist within the great States of France and Italy. Monaco, lying within republican France, is ruled by an autocratic prince. Louis II of the House of Grimaldi. Its chief industry is the gambling casino. San Marino, lying within the Fascist kingdom of Italy, is a sturdy little republic. Its chief industry is postage stamps for collectors. Last week, for the first time in history, San Marino sent to Monaco an envoy, Minister...
...road with his shirt tail sticking out through a hole in his pantaloons knows more about what is real and important than all you old spectacled people in your institutions and academies. To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything. I am imaginary. That is to exist, I should certainly think. I am dreamed of and I appear. Everything is only dream, Mr. Philosopher and as nobody ever dreams about the dry things you say they never really exist...
Confronted with this fact, silver speculators suddenly realized another: in less than a year the U. S. had bought some 400,000,000 oz.-a drop in the bucket compared to 12,000,000,000 oz. which are supposed to exist, but more than twice the world's recent (1931-34) annual output. For practical purposes the U. S. had already cornered most of the floating supply. Eager to profit from the corner, speculators helped the U. S. boost the world price to the U. S. price, 71?. Last week when it reached that level, Franklin Roosevelt raised...