Word: allowables
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...quantum mechanics could not cope with the outer universe, so Relativity found itself stumped when it got down to ultimate particles. Protons and electrons have electric fields, and relativistic equations which tried to allow for the presence of such fields came out with ''singularities" (anomalies). Thus physicists found themselves dealing in effect with two separate universes, the invisible atom and the vast cosmos. To Dr. Einstein this seemed wrong. His powerful imagination saw Nature as an integrated whole. Beneath the quantum mechanics and Relativity, he was sure, the deepest wells of ultimate reality held the secret...
...rule Germany today came of obscure stock. They too were not born in palaces! . . . You may imagine that I am willing to pass over the conditions among you for a couple of months, but I will not do so for a longer period. I will not allow the German Press to decline to a low cultural level...
...child and $3 apiece for the two youngest children-a tragic pittance of $36. It seems incredible but I verified this. . . . The only way this injustice can be rectified is by having a bill enacted in Congress. I feel sure that the American people, if they knew, would not allow an injustice of this kind. Compensation should be comparable to the risk...
...comments, George Herman Ruth last week resigned from the Boston Braves with whom he signed a contract last February to perform as baseball player, assistant manager and vice president. His reasons: personal differences with the Braves' president, Judge Emil Fuchs, climaxed by Judge Fuchs's refusal to allow him to attend a party on board the S.S. Normandie (see p. 20) which Babe Ruth thought would be "a great thing for baseball." Judge Fuchs's reply: an unconditional release for Ruth, an offer to sell the team which he, says has cost...
...understood that the University does not object to the idea in principle, but feels that adding the course at this late date will not allow enough students to enroll. Fifteen signatures have already been attached to the petition which will be presented to the president next week...