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Writing in the current Infantry Journal, Chief Warrant Officer E. J. Kahn Jr. makes it all clear by explaining that the main basis for soldier humor is self-pity. Kahn, who also writes for the unpitying New Yorker, declares :"0ne man is apt to feel fine when he has reason to believe another feels worse." Griping sends soldiers into fits of morose laughter...
...well-heeled U.S. civilian will have $100,000,000,000 in savings. All this looked too good to be true, even to Chevie's top-optimist, Sales Manager William E. Holler. Said he: "It is perhaps wise to dis count somewhat the conclusions which the figures appear to warrant...
...this category with especially high records may petition the Administrative Board for a reduction to 15 or 15 1/2 courses on the basis of evidence showing that they have done sufficient tutorial work to warrant a reduction...
...chief purpose of their research was to find out whether enough vitamins are lost in sweat to warrant feeding U.S. soldiers in the tropics extra vitamins. The soldiers tested were all healthy young men who were set to work on treadmills in warm rooms. Sweat from the arm was collected by dripping into a bottle. Sweat from other parts was collected on clean gauze or by scraping with a beaker. For a sample of sweat from the whole body, the subject wore long, heavy underwear, then, after he got hot, was stood in a basin, had his underwear peeled...
...commanding colonel, William T. Colman got off lightest: demotion to captain (TIME, Sept. 27) for drunkenness and careless use of firearms in shooting a Negro private. A lieutenant colonel found guilty of drunkenness and fraudulent transfer of soldiers was ordered dismissed from the service. A major and a warrant officer also were sentenced to dismissal...