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Religious freedom in Russia is a very thin "opening wedge" indeed. War is a time of quick and violent change, of surging idealism and consequently unparalleled opportunity, and it is surprising that Mr. Roosevelt has not been quicker to realize this. In spite of the terror and chaos abroad, and in spite of our conviction that the tragedy is for us as well as them, America does stand in a relatively favored position. It is in our power to direct the course of the war and of the final settlement because our strength is so vital to the Allies. Certainly...
...with enormous energy and cast-iron hearts. Dr. Carlos Monge of Lima, Peru last week described that race, the highest in the world, to scientists at the University of Chicago's 50th anniversary meeting (see p. 63). For his research he received an honorary degree. The thin Andes air kills weaklings. So the 12,000,000 Andes strong-hearts are the product of centuries of painful adaptation to scarcity of oxygen. In years of laboratory study. Dr. Monge found...
Summers, who will captain the hockey team thin winter, was one of the candidates for the wingback berth until a combination of mishaps put him out of action some time ages. With his returns to duty the wingback squad begins to fill out, in numbers, if not in experience. Ray Guild and IInl Tine are still on the injured list, and neither Summers nor Gerdy Lyle have had much contact work this fall. Steve Gifford and Cico O'Donnell, Sophomore candidates for the position, have seen considerable action, but both are still comparatively inexperienced...
...crude furnaces then in use. As better furnaces were developed, his technique was little used until about 1910 when U.S. scientists, notably General Electric's William David Coolidge, revived it as the only practical way of making ductile tungsten (melting point 6100° F.) from which thin wires for light bulb filaments could then be drawn through holes in diamonds...
...pantothenic acid, nicotinic acid, biotin and folic acid (first described last week by Dr. Roger John Williams of Texas). To keep up B requirements, Dr. Tom Spies of Birmingham, Ala. suggested a daily sandwich of yeast and peanut butter on peeled wheat bread (made from grain with only the thin outer tissue removed...