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...Mark Sullivan of the New York Herald Tribune, urbane dean of Washington columnists, saw the situation as a case of national split-personality-mass schizophrenia. Even this metaphorical complexity was too simple. Public opinion was not so much like a river that flows in one direction, but divides on the rock of a principle, as it was like a maelstrom. Men who wanted with all their minds to give all aid to England wanted also with all their hearts to feed Europe-which would break England's blockade. Men who wanted to stay out of war with Germany also...
...maintain their own 'chutes, Benning's jumpers go over the side armed, like the Germans, with pistol and a bag of grenades. The rest of their fighting equipment, from rifles to light mortars and folding bicycles, is dropped separately. By summer the 501st will probably be split into skeletons for more battalions...
...other politically. Most of Argentina's political intricacies can be understood in terms of their rivalry-the fact that in Argentina, as in the U. S. in the past four years, the President and Vice President are on opposite sides of the political fence. Though Argentina is split into as many factions as pre-World War II France, most of its politicians belong to one of two main groups: the Radicals of President Ortiz of the Conservatives of Vice President Castillo, behind whom stands the powerful figure of onetime President Augustin P. Justo. The Radicals have a New Dealish...
...King and Mifflin Kenedy, working as partners, founded what was to become the biggest fenced ranch in the U. S. Visitors said that it was 100 miles from Captain King's front gate to the front door of his ranch house. They also said that, when the partners split up, the documents were less like contracts than like treaties between two ' neighboring countries. In time the King family became allied with the vigorous and aggressive Klebergs, the Atwoods, the Armstrongs, and the great landowners of south Texas-a hearty, traveled, prosperous and sophisticated people, who might be called...
Like sweat and urine, saliva contains urea, a nitrogen compound. Dr. Stephan found that two groups of antagonistic bacteria flourish in saliva: 1) the destructive lactobacilli; 2) harmless germs of the staphylococcus family. By brewing an enzyme called urease. the staphylococci split up urea in the saliva into an ammonium compound, which neutralizes the erosive acid. Dr. Stephan's conclusion: teeth may decay when the saliva does not contain enough urea, or when the staphylococci are sluggish...