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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...imperialism of Russia in Asia has very often assumed the form of friendship for an Asian people. Russia, as a so-called friend, obtained much more than some of the other Western powers which appeared as open enemies . . . [In the middle of the 19th Century] England and France. . . asked and obtained the opening of some additional places to foreign trade, more privileges for the Christian missionaries . . . During the same period, Russia obtained from China the northern bank of the Amur River and the eastern bank of the Ussuri River ... an area larger than that of France and Germany combined. This...
...cold is cold enough? Langmuir and Schaefer found by careful experiment that the motes form at -39° C. (38° F.). This explained some types of rain. Certain clouds rise high enough to be cooled to that temperature. Ice motes form, find their way into warmer parts of the cloud, where they grow into snowflakes and fall as snow or rain. "Why not help things along with some dry ice?" asked Langmuir & Schaefer...
Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos was pleased at the prospect. Said he: "A great orchestra keeps in top form only by performance." He Was also hopeful of making a few symphony converts among Tyrone Power fans: "A conductor is a bit of a missionary...
...Newport, R.I., an off-form Ted Schroeder, not once a winner in tournament play this season, slogged his way into the finals of the invitation tournament, then showed some old Schroeder bang-up tennis in winning from California's yam-haired Art Larsen in straight sets. Asked how he felt about the Davis Cup match (in which he will be the U.S. mainstay), Schroeder said doggedly, "I'll be ready...
Instead of exposing himself to deadly snakes to test the serum, Philpot bought rattlesnake and moccasin venom in powdered form. Then he went to work on mice. He found that a mouse could be injected with 2½ to 3½ times the lethal dose of viper venom, and still survive if promptly given an injection of king snake serum. Better yet, he found that his king snake extract was three to four times more effective than a commercial preparation made, by a far more difficult process, from the blood of venom-injected horses...