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Harvard misogynists, currently avoiding the powder-puff contingent by hiding in the stacks of Widener or staying in their rooms all day, are fighting a losing battle. Thus it is that even the pages of the CRIMSON, hitherto strictly a man's paper, will soon bear the by-lines of some of our more talented sister students...
...Fourth of July came again to Harvard, and moved on past in patriotic splendor, leaving in its wake no missing fingers, no powder-burned eyelids, no mangled remains of light-hearted auto drivers...
...fact, in most cases they are officially regarded as strategic morale-builders. Cigarets are being produced in the most enormous, quantities in history (though they are also being taxed at record levels); cigars and pipe tobacco are booming, too. WPB has gone on record as considering that basic cosmetics (powder, rouge, lipstick, cold cream) are "essential"-though favorite brands and esoteric colors and concoctions may disappear. Because distilleries are making alcohol for munitions and synthetic rubber, gin will get scarce; so will some whiskeys. But U.S. liquor stocks on the whole add up to perhaps a sober four-year supply...
...liquid, part gas, maintains a constant pressure. The trigger unlooses the gas by a valve, to shoot lead pellets through a regulation barrel. By regulating the length of time the valve is open, the penetration power of bullets can be controlled, Monner says, to a finer degree than with powder. One 5? loading is good for 2,000 shots...
...bulk of all uniform orders. Last week WPB promised to give 20% of that work to I.L.G.W.U., and I.L.G.W.U. has little interest in fighting for much more against another union which is better trained for heavy uniform work anyway. What it is really after: cotton uniforms, nurses' wear, powder bags, field jackets, Mackinaws, cartridge belts, parachutes...