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...almost every other woman's game, are usually surprised, no matter how low Joyce Wethered's score is, because they expect it to be lower. Soberly Spinster Wethered, who holds the world's record for women (68, made last summer at Woodbridge, England), tried to explain what, for her, were mediocre scores last week: "The change from amateur to professional has affected my game in a way I really cannot describe. Perhaps it is a feeling of obligation to the public instead of the old idea of simply hitting the ball. ... I shall do better when...
...Libman's method of detecting a patient's degree of sensitivity: he gets up, walks around the room, accosts the patient. "What seems to be the matter with you?" The patient tries to explain. Dr. Libman apparently pays little heed. He pats the patient's head, glides his right palm down the patient's neck, slyly presses his thumb, first against the tip of the mastoid bone ("Do you feel any pain? Does it hurt you when I press?"), then against the styloid process just below the ear, "Do you feel any pain? Does it hurt...
...will be difficult for TVA to explain some things in the McCarl report: 1) TVA expenses were $12,438,000, TVA receipts $1,345,000; 2) the Government turned over to TVA dams, electric and nitrate plants and other property valued at $133,000,000 which reappeared on TVA's books valued at only $51,000,000, with no reason given; 3) TVA wrote off as depreciation 10% of gross sales, or a total of $82,618 whereas Mr. McCarl figured that, even if TVA's low valuation on plant and equipment were accepted, at least...
...American knows at the bottom of his heart to be the unquestionable truth, a truth he shrinks from with all the repulsion he would have if he found the Loch Ness monster in his bed. The sentimental attachment of the American people for the Constitution is hard enough to explain here, but in the eyes of foreign nations it is simply unfathomable. No matter how much it is cursed as an obstacle in the way of modern and efficient government, any movement to alter it is met with the hottest of resentment. When it comes to a definite showdown, Americans...
Their lectures neither stray away from nor duplicate the assigned reading. They "complement, explain, and discuss" it, surely a broad enough field for any professor. By outlining the fundamental principles which their classes should keep in mind, they are able to show what hearing the reading has on the work. In addition, they bring the enthusiasm and ability to their lectures which is capable of stirring interest to learn the truth of important platitudes. The replies to the Questionnaire show clear evidence that the Freshmen consider these courses the most satisfactory...