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...your Aug. 19 issue there is a quote about harnessing atomic energy for rocket propulsion. Said an Air Forces spokesman: "Even contemplating the problems makes the viscera of some of us refuse to function...
Another Winter. The only agency which had the clear duty to "come in" was U.N.'s International Refugee Organization, but it could not begin to function until the General Assembly, scheduled to meet in September, formally organizes it and participating governments vote funds. Under the best of conditions, it could not take over the D.P.s until late next winter...
...slow explosion would have to stream out in one direction, giving a powerful, sustained push in the opposite direction. The obstacles blocking either approach were admittedly enormous. "Even contemplating the problems," said an Air Forces spokesman last week, "makes the viscera of some of us refuse to function...
...widely noted. The world public would be content to see the Nürnberg criminals die, but it had not got around to distinguishing between criminal and legal war. Until the world public - or a considerable part of it- did that, Nürnberg convictions would be a function of victory rather than...
Mctecalf, who bears the title of Librarian of the College Library, Director of the University Library, and professor of bibliography, said Widener's primary function is as a research library. "Money is given to us to spend on research material, and we buy for research purposes. Our interest in books is to have them 10 or 15 years from now for research...