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...impossible to create G-free conditions within the pull of earth's gravity, but military pilots have found a way to get a partial sub-gravity effect, says Major Simons. By flying in a shallow outside loop, they are lifted lightly out of their seats and can get the effect of fractional gravity for periods of 15 to 20 seconds...
...despite their desire to resemble women, all the men shared "an extremely shallow, immature and grossly distorted concept of what a woman is like socially, sexually, anatomically and emotionally." The investigators found no indication that the men would be any better off as castrated males in women's clothing: "The idea of surgery seems to represent an escape from . . . sexual impulses rather than a wish for a female sexual life...
...economic conditions, politics, international affairs, emotions-even the weather. "Largely because of the crash of 1929, the impression has built up that the stock market is the cause of booms and busts. Actually, it is the thermometer-not the fever." The Sound-Money Man. Gently, Baruch exposed the shallow depth of the Fulbright investigation by detailing aspects of the market that deserved (but did not get) serious study, e.g., the growth of investment trusts, the entry of life insurance companies into the market, the capital-gains tax that Baruch said discourages investors from selling. The market's rise, said...
...attained a "skillful" delineation of these figures, a "striking" presentation of their personal dilema? Has she a right to utilize a human drama charged with the most potent implications, both personal and historic, for the sake of a vaguely symbolic bit of moralizing, an imperfectly conceived and in essence shallow attempt at psychological probing...
...Corballis will not point out any "special sweetheart," among her hundreds of "gorgeous boys." Proudly she tells of their conduct when the University exchanged the square, muddy brown trays for the new circular platters. Although complaining that the new trays were too shallow, the freshmen never uttered a swear word, she says, not even a "damn." "These boys are gentlemen through and through." Also, she guessed, "they must like the food for they never complain, and most of them return for more dessert; except the Rockefeller and Roosevelt type," she philosophized, "they must be satisfied, or else eat again afterwards...