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...agree that I will not go on strike or seize company property or occupy company property without authority of the company and will perform my duties in an efficient manner and not indulge singly or jointly with others in 'slowdown' or 'pace-making...
Last year Dr. Burr was absolutely sure that a surge in the micropotential of rabbits and cats, as registered on the microvoltmetre, indicated ovulation simply because he could cut those creatures open and examine the state of their ovaries. But since he could not perform a major operation on a woman just to confirm the meaning of an electrical surge through her flesh, he had to wait until a lucky break provided him this year with an amiable woman who was scientifically-minded and going to have an abdominal operation anyway...
...Recruiting for brains is one thing. Recruiting for the band or the football team or for the advertisement of the college is quite another. When the work of a college representative in the field is honest, when it is guidance, and not exploitation, he has a useful function to perform. But the evidence is plain, beyound dispute--only too often has recruiting degenerated into attempts to fill the beds in the dormitories by any means, fair or foul...
...Instruct crew to proceed with your lawful orders. If they still refuse warn crew that all still refusing to perform duty will be placed in irons and prosecuted to full extent of law on return to United States. If they still refuse, place ringleaders in irons. If other crew members still refuse duty, have them removed from ship and replace them with American, if available, and if not, foreign seamen. In case you experience any difficulty, request assistance local authorities. Report developments...
Fish Minds. Professor James Gray of Cambridge declared that fish: 1) perform simple reflex acts; 2) form associations between events; 3) accomplish difficult migrations apparently involving memory; 4) display emotion. "As far as I can form a judgment," said he, "these four types of behavior include most, if not all, of the activities of the human race. ... I do not believe we can put our finger on any one of our mental powers and say, 'Herein are we a race apart, elevated above the rest of the animal world...