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...perhaps the most horrifying example is contained in the description of a pseudo-scientific experiment by one "Dr. Watson." This man, according to my text, studied the emotional reactions of newly-born infants. "The only conditions, which he found capable of producing a 'fear' response were (1) loud sounds made near the child, or (2) sudden removal of all means of support, i.e., dropping the child." The implications of this latter experiment are obvious. It is men like this "Dr. Watson," men who are willing to sacrifice their integrity in the name of science, who are daily wreaking destruction...
There are some redeeming features. The text and action of "The Mikado" can't help being funny, no matter who produces it; and Martyn Green is incomparable with his crawling, bowing, climbing, and dancing...
Next on the Championship agenda is the improvised "freo" skating event in which Button is considered to be without parallel. His tour de force, unduplicated by any skater in recent years, is a jump called the "double-double-axie." In this text, Button comes into the jump skating backwards, leaps into the air, and executes a two-and-a-half body spin. The complete maneuver covers about 30 feet...
...full text of Shapley's rebuttal to the recent charges follows...
Agar's illuminating study ends with the true journalist's application of is text to the immediate situation: he suggests that a modern world torn by conflicting ideologies and seeking a compromise "might do worse than study the curious methods by which such assuagements are effected" in the marvelous history of the American republic...