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Landplanes are speedier and more efficient than seaplanes, because they have no bulky floats to add weight and increase air resistance. Landplanes are used, accordingly, on the London-Paris air route, though they have to fly over an angry strip of the English Channel. Even a landplane, however, will float for some time...
...children lined up patiently waiting for the comic section while he reads it himself is a very common type; and the anecdote about the congressman who bowed to his colleague with an "After you, my dear Alphonse,"--just one week after the first appearance of the "Alphonse-and-Gaston" strip illustrates admirably its far-reaching effects. Who is there, indeed, who is not--from time to time if not regularly--exposed to a funny paper? The circulation and wide popularity of the comic supplements have made them powerful factors in American life...
...infection are of special importance. Much of the early War work was hampered by infection and lack of equipment. In plastic surgery flaps of skin and tissue are frequently moved from one part of the body to take the place of a defect in another. For instance, a strip of flesh will be dissected from the upper arm, leaving one end attached, and the free end grafted in place on the face, maintaining continuous blood supply. After the upper end is healed, and circulation established, the lower end may be cut away, and the flap turned as needed to fill...
...disadvantages of the present structure are obvious to anyone who has driven an automobile through the Square. Traffic moving toward the Square on Boylston, Brattle, and upper Massachusetts Avenue must all pass through the narrow strip of street between the subway station and the south sidewalk of Massachusetts where it intersects with Boylston. The congestion is further increased by the street cars, going both east and west, which stop near the subway entrance and often completely block the eastbound motor traffic which is fed into the Square by these three important highways...
...Treaty of London, which won Italy to the side of the Allies, promised rectification of the frontier between Tripoli (Italian) and Tunis, in Italy's favor. France cedes Italy two oases and a strip of territory. Italian schools in Tunis will enjoy equal privileges with the French. Italy will receive 600,000 tons of phosphates a year from French African colonies. The railways running from Tunis to Tripoli are to give reciprocal advantages to freight and passengers...