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...Creative force is at a low ebb in the money markets and willingness to take risks has practically disappeared. This is especially the case in New York where the big commercial banks have become hardly more than morgues for Government bonds and cash. The half-dozen or so investment banking houses that euphemistically call themselves the 'majors' have developed a positive phobia about taking normal business risks...
...radio engineering. . . . McCarthey: Recommendations for a staff billet. . . . Newnam: a calendar to be used on his next leave. . . . Mr. Glennon: an unexpurgated copy of "Gertie from Bizerte" for classroom use. . . . Then, of ciurse, we cannot forget OUR BOY . . . to OUR BOY we leave the following: some assorted grimaces, a half-dozen new stances, our love, and a New Revised copy of School Regs. . . . Corley: the telephone number of the best decorated bank in Cambridge (especially the rear windows). . . . "Feather Merchant" Cassell: A set of life rafts in case of unseasonal heavy rains in the Boston area--size...
Courts in general consider lie detectors too unreliable to admit their findings as conclusive evidence. Psychologists are equally skeptical of them. There are now some half-dozen such instruments, depending variously on measurements of blood pressure, breathing, heartbeats, etc., to detect emotional disturbances that are believed to be associated with lying. But, although some inventors claim better than 85% accuracy, proof of a lie detector's infallibility is obviously impossible to obtain. There is no way of guaranteeing that, in some cases, even the best instrument may not tell the wrong story...
...other admirers. He repeated his earlier refusal to take any regular job. "Why don't I do as other men, other writers? . . . Because I am different, for one thing. . . . This may seem like quite a tirade . . . yet if tomorrow, by a decision of the Supreme Court, [a] half-dozen terrifying words were restored to currency, if I, like the great English writers of the past, were permitted to use them, I should undoubtedly be sitting in clover...
...small boat came alongside Correspondent Sherrod's party. An officer said: "Half of you men get in here. They need help bad on the beach." Jap shells began peppering the water. Major Rice and 17 men scampered into the small craft, which headed for the beach through a barrage of mortar and automatic-weapon fire. The Higgins boat milled around for another ten minutes, getting its share of near-misses. One Marine picked a half-dozen pieces of shrapnel from his lap, stared at them. Another said: "Oh God, I'm scared...