Word: using
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...less than five of the 15 deal with various aspects of education, by means of which Professor Hogben is sure that civilization could be saved-or for the first time created. "If European civilization does not use science to rid itself of [war, poverty and disease], war will probably destroy our Anglo-American civilization. . . irreparably...
...means great; but it would not be stretching a point to call them good art, and they are certainly as good art as the work of more publicized painters, whose attempts have been periodically placed on the pages of such magazines as "Life," "Coronet," and "Esquire." Miss Mackay's use of color is perhaps a but obvious; here paintings are neither exciting nor awe-inspring, yet they contain within them signs of sincerity, keen observation, and the ability to assimilate styles of better artists without the sullying of her own individuality...
...use of the seismograph enemy gun batteries can be located within ten minutes after they have fired, and can then be bombarded with mathematical accuracy...
Almost all artillery that depends upon secrecy of location for effectiveness may be thrown out of use by Leet's development. The position of Germany's Big Bertha during the World War was jealously guarded, but it could now be mapped before two shots had been fired...
Meanwhile a committee will investigate ways of continuing instruction or research in regional planning in order to make the best use of the department's library, rated as the foremost in the world, and to provide most effectively for the work of the next holder of the Norton Professorship...