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...strong a faith can the West offer? "It is generations now since Christianity tried to impose its universality," wrote Protestant Clifford. "But one of its churches, the Roman Catholic, still has a worldwide organization. . . . Has the largest Christian Church enough spiritual strength to withstand Communism? Has it any plans for doing so?" To find out, Correspondent Clifford hustled off to Rome. His cables back to London were not overly optimistic...
...Radiators. Like birds, bats are streamlined, with their testes inside their bodies. When inactive, their temperature may fall very low, but when they fly, as they do every night to gather food, they are as hot as birds. How do their spermatogenic cells withstand this nightly cooking? Dr. Cowles examined bats, both active and resting, in the breeding and the non-breeding seasons. He found that, while they are at rest, their hairless wings are pallid, almost bloodless. But when they raise their temperature to the flying level, which they must do by an effort of will before they...
...demonstrate the weaknesses the Communists charge us with. Until, to use the trite but indispensable phrase, a clear and present danger to our Nation can be shown, it is better to let Communists have their say; if our system is as sound as we believe, it can withstand any debate or criticism. Just as red-baiting is an admission of weakness and frustration at home, so treatment of Communists conditioned by our attitude of the moment towards Russia is a confession of our inability to find a sincere and forceful foundation for our policy towards them. When America faces these...
Since the first duty of any department is to meet the needs of its concentrators, the chemistry faculty must assure its students adequate preparation to withstand national competition. To this end, it has arranged a sequence of courses to be followed with little variation, a step-by-step arrangement common to most sciences. In chemistry, however, the large number of required lab hours further limit the student's academic freedom, and unless he chooses chemistry upon entering college, he will be over-whelmed by his later schedule. Running contrary to the University policy of letting the Freshman browse before striking...
When the Communist Daily Worker faced suspension, the Times lent it 16 tons of paper. The Worker ran a thank-you note, but some of the Times's readers took it to task. The Times added comfortably: "We think democracy . . . strong enough to withstand any verbal blows ... by the Daily Worker, and we think that proof of this strength can best be provided by permitting [it] to keep on talking...