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The origin of these non-sexual castes has long been debated by entomologists. Some claim they are born of different sorts of eggs. Others claim that all ants are equal when they hatch into the larval state and only during their further development acquire caste with its distinctive form, physiology...
It is true that Americans and Englishmen, generally, find difficulty in mastering foreign languages, but, even if they fail to acquire a perfect accent, or misspell an occasional word, this does not constitute an insult or offense to the natives of the country, as Mr. Mallison apparently considers. . . .
> "We [the managers] have developed many leisurely customs which are not geared to the current situation. . . . Before we can eliminate this handicap, management and labor must acquire a keener sense of the urgency of the rearmament effort."
Inveighing against warmongers, he suddenly interjected: "Let me say at once that President Roosevelt has held steadfast to his promise not to send 'our Army, Navy, or air forces to fight in foreign lands outside America except in case of attack.' " Such remarks, added to the President'...
*State Department officials this week emphatically denied a story that the U. S. is working on a deal with Russia to acquire the use of Siberia's air bases.