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...human time-sense is a function of the velocity constants of the chemical reactions in the brain. . . ." ^ "Life ... is not a superphysical entity; it is a form of electrochemical behavior...
Appointed last June, President Conant is now serving on The National Defense Research Committee in Washington, whose function is to correlate the work of the scientific talent and scientific laboratories of the country, both in schools and industries, on problems relating to the mechanics and devices of warfare. Important problems of research are presented to The Committee by the Army and Navy and are allotted by it in turn to various laboratories available...
...profits--profits that swell the endowed loan funds, and also the revolving funds as far as losses through defaults are covered. Harvard does not milk its needy students to erect fancy laboratories and hire costly lecturers. But it holds its debtors responsible for building up its loan funds--a function that should be left exclusively to the donors of the future. At present, there is no shortage of loanable money; and considerable surplus margins are left over each year, particularly in the graduate schools...
Since the story is no more than an excuse to keep the performers occupied between numbers, Producer Zanuck treats it like an ugly stepchild. Its principal function is to present the cheesecake of the cast-blonde, lethargic Alice Faye and blonde, lithe Betty Grable-as the sister act of Katie and Lily Blane. Capitalizing on their more obvious assets, the film sets Alice and Betty wriggling and crooning in cellophane hula skirts and harem costumes. Clearly neither of the girls cares to hand over the picture to the other, and their artistic competition results in a standoff. Miss Faye...
...jong tiles upstairs. There is activity at the Faculty Club-it has really become a social center for the Harvard professors and their families. For the first time since the University faculty began rivaling the French foreign legion in size and diversity, their club is performing its intended function...