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...fraternize with zest. But Austrians live in an old, proud civilization, still sprinkled with feudal glitter; while they fear that Russia might smash it completely, they are not so sure that the Americans, with their strange, casual-tough ways, might not harm it too. They would like to get rid of all occupiers, Eastern and Western alike. Viennese cabaret skits express their mood. Samples...
...inventor, Cambridge Chemist Harry Hurst, 34, claimed that he had got rid of the defects in DDT (see below). DDT is 1) slow, and 2) deadly to good as well as bad insects. Dr. Hurst said that some of his mixtures seem to be highly selective, attacking pests but leaving useful insects unharmed. He had also found Activated DDT lethal to some bothersome insects, notably cockroaches, which are not bothered much by DDT alone...
...Baldwin rejected the invitation promptly. "They said I didn't represent the Republicans in my district. My opinion is to the contrary. They've been trying to get rid of me for four years. They want me to toe the line on reactionary measures...
...male companions at Westchester County cocktail parties. One's college friends are now discovered to be boobs and morons. The great dream of the Revolution, the Russian experiment which above everything else gave life a meaning and a significance, is ever, and in the morning after one can get rid of the hangover only by beginning to drink just a little earlier every...
...term's end enough furniture owned by men leaving college to satisfy most of the needs of the next term's arrivals. There is, however, no way by which the potential buyer is brought in contact with the seller. In the Spring everyone is trying to get rid of furniture, and in the Fall everyone is trying to acquire...