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...trial Karadzic and the like, but not the other leaders responsible for no less criminal acts, then she shouldn't be surprised if that sort of criticism of the ICC continues as before. That being the case, to talk about justice is tantamount to accepting - with a loud "Vae victis" - the iniquities carried out by those who seem convinced that their aggressiveness is - and continues to be - simply above the law. Alex Crotta, MONTALTO DORA, ITALY...
...packed with growing larvae from lamprey eggs, so the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Canadian Department of Fisheries decid ed to destroy the larvae themselves. In search of a selective lamprey-larva poison, they tried more than 6,000 different chemicals on jars containing two lamprey lar vae, two bluegill fingerlings and two small rainbow trout. Some chemicals killed nothing; some killed both larvae and fish. Some killed two of the fish and one larva. Finally, in 1955, Chief John Howell of the service's Hammond Bay, Mich., lab, found a jar with its two larvae dead...
...kultur of Ludendorff are not things lightly to be reckoned with or disposed of; less so now that they are driven to intrench themselves. The spoils may belong to the victors; but unless the victors know how to make good use of them, they are more harmful than otherwise; "vae victis" sounds very well on paper...
...recognizes in the November Monthly, as contrasted with last year, a lighter and more graceful touch, sacrificing perforce something of robustness and broad appeal, much as would have been expected had the chief editorship passed to Mr. Nathan. The somewhat too numerous and too brief "items," written chiefly-vae victorious-by the editors, leave an impression of studied word painting with little that demands expression...
Other contributions are "Vae Victis," by T. Ybarra; "Miss Warner's Bet," unsigned; "To Science," by L. H. Schoff; "The Sapphire," by A. D. Ficke; "Billy," by D. B.; "An Unfinished Sermon," by A. W. Page; and "A Leather-covered Botany" by M. K. Hart...