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...Triangle--not just yet. But let's entertain. Let's not try to imitate a Shubert revue. Let's jimmy up a show, give everybody a whack at it, get a competent coach, do what he says, and have an awful lot of fun doing it." The proof of the Pudding was the eating last night. It was a little more savory, a great deal smoother, and it contained a great deal more nourishment than the usual pastry. With the assistance of Mr. Silvers and Mr. Schwab, the Hasty Pudding has Taken a Brace--and the audience profits...

Author: By Paul MERRICK Hollister, | Title: PUDDING "TAKES A BRACE" EFFECTIVELY | 4/12/1923 | See Source »

...Among these was a water-cooled copper vacuum tube, devised by W. G. Housekeeper, with 40 times the capacity of the present glass-enclosed tube used in long-distance radio. This may shortly be installed on all American battleships. Professor Thomson's chief contribution to science is the proof (in 1897) that the rays given off from the cathode, or negative electrode, within a vacuum tube are streams of minute bodies of negative electricity, called by him "corpuscles," but later renamed "electrons." It is now believed that all matter is made up of "electrons," particles of negative electricity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Greatest Physicist | 4/7/1923 | See Source »

Even now there are many who may be won over at once by the claim of a French scientist that he had discovered in the human body a "paroptic" sense, or one making sight possible through the pores of the skin. In proof of this the doctor had his subject blindfolded with heavy cloth for ordinary light lays, and with leadfoil for X-rays. The subject then "read", printed cards held a short distance from his nose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "THE WILL TO BELIEVE" | 3/16/1923 | See Source »

...runs the proof), most prominent American...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 3/15/1923 | See Source »

When Serrati left Italy last October to attend the Third Internationale, he was one of the most powerful men in the country. The fact that he was forced to return secretly to his native land and that he found most of his colleagues against him, is striking proof of the decline of communist power in Italy. With the exception of the Socialist press not a dissenting voice was heard in all the land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Fascismo Absolute | 3/10/1923 | See Source »

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