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...crowd in a frame of mind to respond to McNary's appeal to the pioneer spirit. Seven black-robed, black-veiled figures, like those who haunted the Senate during the conscription debate, tried to crash the bleachers, carrying anti-conscription signs. They were quickly ousted, their signs torn up, while the crowds cheered. One of the "widows" turned out to be a young man dressed in woman's clothing...
...crippled by repeated air bombing. Most Southampton warehouses were destroyed or damaged. The King George V graving dock, only one in England big enough to accommodate giantesses like the Queen Mary, was out of commission with smashed floodgates. The Empress basin was blocked by a sunken tanker, its wharves torn by gaping holes. Leaving port the master of the Magalhaes counted 23 wrecks in the Solent. "South England is dying," he concluded, "no miracle can stem the tide...
Accompanying Trotsky in his weary Odyssey from Russia through Turkey, Scandinavia, and ultimately to Mexico, the boxes and dossiers of documents had an interesting history. Apparently certain items are still in war-torn Europe, and while it is hoped that they may eventually wend their way to the Treasure Room, copies of the originals are believed to be included among the new Harvard acquisitions...
Last week in the British Lancet, Zoologists J. Z. Young and P. B. Medawar of Oxford University suggested an easier means of mending torn nerves: a biological "glue...
...firm jelly which stuck to the nerves and united the stumps. The jelly held for several days, long enough for the growing nerves to twine themselves on to the cut ends, like vines on a trellis. Healing took about ten days. Next step: use of the blood glue on torn human nerves...