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...desperately Italian. I believe in the function of Latinity...
...proud, slight (105 lb.) man, known professionally as Tom, is the owner of one of the strangest stomachs in existence. This stomach was the subject last week of a book (Human Gastric Function; Oxford University Press; $4.75), by Drs. Stewart Wolf and Harold G. Wolff of Manhattan's New York Hospital. Says famed Physiologist Walter B. Cannon in his foreword: "The functions of the stomach have never been investigated with the detailed care, the skill and ingenuity" that Drs. Wolf & Wolff display in their researches on Tom's stomach...
Holden Chapel long ago outlived its religious function. Perhaps too, it has now passed beyond its active stage as a general handy room. Its main value now is that of a relic, a museum which exists in semi-obscurity, mainly in the minds of antiquarians. To the few odd souls, however, who appreciate its architectural qualities, there comes the hope that some day it may be restored to its original beauty and dignity...
...Washington, Maxon tried to make OPA popular even with businessmen. He reasoned: if OPA could only be rid of all its "slide-rule boys" and economic theorists, the agency would function smoothly. He did help force the resignation...
...Dwight Griswold said it best: "No system of government operation can produce goods and raise living standards as does a system of private industry. ... If industry following this war is to have a chance to make good, then certainly industry must have proper laws under which it can function. . . . Our lawmakers will need to be friendly to industry...