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...future. Shark oil is used for tanning, steel-tempering, paint-making. Tons of shark meat, which tastes something like lobster, are sold daily throughout the world, usually under the name of "rock salmon" or "grayfish." Ground-up shark carcass makes good poultry feed or fertilizer. Chinese snap up shark fins for making soup...
...Chicago, Francisco Zepeda, Eskimo, was arrested when, during a cold snap, he stole two fountain pens, tried to trade them for a pair of earmuffs...
Certainly there is little justification for complaining about Chemistry 2a (even in spite of the odors), since it is the only course in the field which approaches being a "snap"--excepting possibly Chemistry 15. I can see but one real excuse for all this shouting about hours spent in laboratories--namely, that the man spending his hours in Mallinckrodt has to work twice or three times as hard (and as long) to get a B or an A as the man who takes only the proverbial "snap" courses...
...tradition as the tutorial table of Eliot House. There is a widespread feeling among the students, however, that it would be very nice if by Thanksgiving Dinner, there were one or two members of the faculty with whom they might quietly pass the time of day, snap caps, and share their giblet gravy...
...worked from ranch to ranch. By the time he was 21 he owned a ranch of 70,000 head of cattle and employing 90 men. "I admit you couldn't do a thing like that nowadays," he said, "even in the west; it takes more than brawn and snap judgment to start in business today, edication seems to be becoming necessary in all fields," he said in speaking of his ranching business...