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...work in a steady process of self-cannibalization that increases to the extent that the early Disney is seen as high art. The animals get cuter and more anthropomorphic, the forest glade more compulsively spotless, the characters blander; and having deprived Mickey of his rattishness, Donald Duck of his foul and treacherous temper, the Disney studio had no qualms about ruining Alice in Wonderland or Kipling's Jungle Book for the kids as well. Yet within the natural bounds of his style, especially up to the late '30s and his masterpiece Pinocchio, Disney repeatedly pulled sequences and single...
...state law which allows churches and schools to prevent liquor licenses from being given to nearby bars and restaurants could foul up Harvard's plans to serve wine and beer in the House dining halls...
...ultraviolet radiation; it has a characteristic acrid odor noticeable after electrical storms and in the vicinity of ultraviolet lamps. In large concentrations, it is dangerous to breathe because it oxidizes, or burns, healthy tissue. Bubbled through water, it attacks and oxidizes polio and other harmful viruses, and completely eliminates foul smells and bad-tasting pollutants. When its extra oxygen atoms are pulled away to combine with or oxidize impurities, the ozone becomes ordinary oxygen, leaving no residue...
...real people, real times and real events, as recorded in the brain." Be that as it may, the theory is that unless the mature, rational Adult dominates the personality, or, in the language of T.A., is "plugged in," the overly restrictive Parent and the primitive, self-depreciating Child will foul up most "transactions," or relationships with others...
...shortages are tilting international balances of economic power, bringing new prosperity to such exporters of raw materials as Australia, Brazil and Argentina, and fanning inflation in the U.S., Europe and Japan. The situation stems largely from a temporary combination of foul weather for crops and metal miners' strikes in Chile and Zambia. But trouble may not be short-lived. World reserve stocks of many major farm goods have been so badly depleted that years of bumper harvests will be needed to rebuild them. The scarcities are also having a snowballing effect; a shortage in one commodity aggravates shortages...