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"The heart of the betatron," explains Inventor Kerst, "is a doughnut-shaped glass vacuum tube between the poles of a large electromagnet" (see cut). Inside the tube, a hot filament gives off electrons. Magnetically guided, each electron circles about the tube 400,000 times, accelerated at each rotation by small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cyclotron's Rival | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

Best thing about Genesee Fever is the wealth of Carmer's authentic, affectionately painted regional period detail. He makes such dusty props as oiled-paper windows, Conestoga wagons and Liberty Poles as fresh as a glimpse at the youth of one's greatgrandparents; makes a succulent novelty of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Valley of Pioneers | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

> The America First Committee denied that it would form a Peace Party, but declared that it would support any political candidate who opposed Mr. Roosevelt. It announced that it would support Isolationist Joseph B. Harrington who was running in the Massachusetts primary, in the Seventh District, for a Congressional seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF THE NATION: Last Week of Peace | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

Fully equipped for emergencies, the patrolmen have plenty of excitement each Winter rescuing people with broken arms, legs, and hips, but even without the aid of a toboggan, Stephen Winship '42, head of the group, last Spring successfully moved an injured man down Mount Mansfield. Finding a skier with a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Skiers Prepare For Winter Snows | 12/5/1941 | See Source »

"Germany should be reduced to that agricultural economy which she will impose on conquered Europe if she can. This would mean a reduced standard of living, and I doubt not a reduction in the German population. Since there are only 45 million Britons, 45 million Italians, 40 million Frenchmen and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: History Lesson | 12/1/1941 | See Source »

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