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...would like to comment on the article in TIME, Sept. 11, regarding the drafting of doctors, and on the statement of Robert Ruark, whom you quote as follows: "To beat a draft and knock off a free medical education is quite a feat ... I wouldn't weep for [this group] if they all got drafted on private's pay. They owe us some interest on the loan...
Although pre-season injuries have been few and not very serious (knock on wood), two members of the squad--sophomore guard Art Pappas and end Bob Di Blasio--were stricken with appendicitis during the first week of practice...
...sixth day, General Kim's forces stumbled northward to regroup. Mike Michaelis stretched out on the ground under a poplar tree outside his command post. He yawned. "Kim's mission was to knock me off this road and take Taegu," said Mike. "He failed. He's going to try another way, but we beat him here...
Although pre-season injuries have been few and not very serious (knock on wood), two members of the squad--sophomore guard Art Pappas and end Bob Di Blasio--were stricken with appendicitis during the first week if practice...
Bath in the Clouds. This dramatic feat stirred up a flurry of premature rainmaking. Barnstorming pilots took off with dry ice to knock down fleecy clouds. They did not knock down much rain. For one thing, they often picked on the wrong clouds, e.g., the stratiform (layerlike) clouds, which unless very thick do not contain enough moisture to matter. And they were inclined to overdo, choking the clouds with too much dry ice. A piece of dry ice falling through a supercooled cloud creates enormous numbers of ice nuclei. Too many falling pieces of dry ice create too many nuclei...