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...departments as units, whatever their view of the scope and needs of the tutorial program, they generally agreed as to what elements determined their decisions. Foremost among these for departments with tutorial is the limit prescribed by the faculty ruling, within which any program must operate...

Author: By Stanley J. Friedman, | Title: Unlimited Tutorial Is Dying in Most Departments, Crimson Poll Reveals | 4/9/1947 | See Source »

What a radar "sees" is not the thundercloud itself; raindrops or hailstones inside it reflect the radar's waves. The fierce air currents do not show up on the scope, but the presence of large masses of raindrops is a strong indication of turbulence. A plane equipped with the proper radar can steer a safe course, even at night, among a herd of thunderstorms. The Weather Bureau's radar can spot a storm as far away as 100 miles, and warn planes to steer clear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Inside Thunderclouds | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

...running account of conversations and incidents from Shanghai to Berlin, as a reporter saw them. Lauterbach was tied down to a coach of the Trans-Siberian Railway through most of the trip, and the book necessarily suffers from the limitations of such a vantage point. This narrow scope of observation does not, however invalidate his report; it merely robs it of the greater sampling possible if be had been allowed free rein to talk and travel as he pleased...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THROUGH NUSSIA'S BACK DOOR, by Richard E. Lauterbach; Harper & Brothers, Publishers. pp. 239. $2.75. | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

Mary Bruchholz, Radcliffe '49, outlined the scope of activities the NSO intends to encompass. The central body, she said, would sift workings of various member groups and channel them to campuses where effective ideas could be adopted. "Avenues opened to Radcliffe students by the NSO would be limitless," she affirmed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Forum Outlines NSO Working Plan | 3/28/1947 | See Source »

Russian demands for ten billion dollars in reparations are, as in usual with Russian demands, completely within the scope of existing agreements. But regardless of the legality of the Russian claims, if large reparations are to be exacted from Germany, she would probably have to be reindustrialized to the extent of her wealth just prior to the war. This indeed appears to be the Russian proposal. It is almost incredible that renovation of German heavy industry should be proposed so soon after the end of the war. Regardless of the products that such industry might turn out at first, this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Road to Redemption | 3/27/1947 | See Source »

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