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...week's end some 8,000 marines broke through the last thin crust of enemy resistance and poured into Hamhung. More kept coming in every hour as tanks bringing up the rear rolled across the coastal plain. Frantic photographers called to the bedraggled men, asked them to "wave and look happy." They obliged. The triumph was marred by more than 30% casualties, but the bulk of the marine division's and the 7th's survivors had reached safety and warmth. It was an epic of great suffering and great valor...
...Defense Department's announcement partly confirms Senator Saltonstall's statement to the CRIMSON Sunday night that Secretary George C. Marshall would propose revision of the present draft law thin two weeks, and that his plan would include "some form" of Universal service...
...been standing in the line before Station Four, a thin dark boy twitching his papers. He was lying on his back now, flat in front of the dentist's chair, with the other men in his line circling nervously around him. The private and the doctor walked over and looked at the man, and came back shaking their heads. "They usually don't pass out until they see the blood," said the doctor. The line was moving again by the time the boy on the ground looked up and blinked...
...water vapor which will condense into water droplets if given proper nuclei to condense upon. Fast-moving atomic particles provide the nuclei by ionizing (electrifying) the normally neutral atoms of the air. So particles (e.g., cosmic rays from outer space) that pass through the cloud chamber become visible as thin white trails of water droplets...
...West Point Story (Warner) crossbreeds two thin Hollywood strains: the backstage musical and the plot that glorifies the U.S. Military Academy. The result is a little monster of a flag-waving, hip-wagging movie combining the misshapen features of both. In a fine burst of freakishness, the Warners have even stuffed overage (46) James Cagney into the uniform of a West Point plebe...