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...degrees until a thick smooth batter is formed. Beat well for ten minutes, then add remainder of milk, cover, and let it stand for at least one hour in refrigerator. About half-an-hour before beef is due to be done take deep dish, put in a thin layer of dripping taken from meat tin, and while dish and dripping are getting thoroughly hot in oven beat up batter well again. Take dish and dripping from oven and pour in batter, place in hot oven and bake for about half-an-hour, or till browned and properly set. Serve...
...week, neatly dusted off, 20 of Sculptor Browere's busts were exhibited in Manhattan's plushy Knoedler Galleries. Their realism predates the candid camera by a century. Browere's exact method died with his son Alburtus, differed markedly from the usual life mask's heavy layer of plaster or clay applied while the subject is flat on his back. Like a modern lace-pack beauty treatment, it consisted of a series of light, quick-drying layers that could be put on while the subject sat at his ease. Thus beplastered for posterity were Thomas Jefferson...
...problem was to determine the exact date of this prehistoric civilization. It was for this purpose that the Harvard geologists were summoned. As Bryan explains, "It is possible to relate the culture layer in which the relies were found to a definite, but inconspicuous, geologic event, the formation of the unusual Lindenmeier Valley...
...rate, when Bryan finally reached the end of the trail, he discovered that the culture layer in which the relies were found was no less than 21,000 years old. This, however, according to Bryan, "is probably a little inaccurate, because of the long process needed in reaching the figure...
...majority control of New York Shipbuilding Co., the largest single interest (28.5%) in sick Auburn Automobile Co. It also spreads through the flying business like the branches of a banyan tree. This is because of its working (29.7%) control of Aviation Corp., which in turn owns outright a third-layer subsidiary, Aviation Manufacturing Co. AMCO owns Stinson (military and commercial planes), Lycoming (engines) and 60% stock control of Vultee (military planes). Furthermore, its parent Aviation Corp. owns potential working control of American Airlines, through $2,422,113 par value of American Airlines debentures which are convertible (at $12.50 a share...