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Having prudently given the rattlesnake a paralyzing injection of curare, the researchers uncovered one of the nerves leading out of a pit organ and connected it through an electrode to an apparatus that amplified and recorded its electrical impulses. When they blindfolded the snake but did not excite it otherwise, the sound that came from the amplifier sounded "like grease cooking slowly in a pan." But when Dr. Bullock moved his warm hand near the snake's pit, the sizzling sound increased "as if you had turned the heat up." A lighted match or cigarette produced the same effect...
Chambers tried to get several of the key members of the underground Washington apparatus, including Hiss, to break with Communism too. He failed in every instance. Chambers is sure that Hiss and others in the group are still convinced Communists. Says he: "All of the ex-Communists who cooperated with the Government had broken with the party entirely as a result of their own conscience years before 'the Hiss Case began. It is worth noting that not one Communist was moved to break with Communism under the pressures of the Hiss Case. Let those who wonder about Communism...
Kirkland House, which has had machines since last fall, has reported "huge success," as has Dunster House, which has had the apparatus since late winter. Adams House Committee chairman Mark Gibson '52 said he expects the machines will clean...
...lens was the fundamental stumbling block, and once it was completed, other men went to work on an apparatus that would house the tiny piece of glass and enable it to perform its amazing function. Robert C. Jones '38, designed an electronic brain that instantly calculates the exposure settings on the camera to which the lens is coupled. Murray N. Fairbank '28, chief engineer on the project, developed the maze of machinery that feeds the film through the equipment and develops it in a minute's time...
...women's 1952 Olympic teams. The men's Olympic events demand all-round agility on 1) a single horizontal bar, 2) two parallel bars, 3) a side horse, 4) a long horse, 5) a pair of suspended rings. The sixth event: free calisthenics, i.e., without hand apparatus...