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SAINT JOAN? Bernard Shaw, with the wise tolerance of age, giving Jeanne d'Arc a chance to speak as well as Shaw...
...temperature of about 3,200 degrees Fahrenheit, but that does not begin to phase thorium oxide. Its melting point is probably over 6,000 degrees, which, of course, no thermometer can measure. It is used commercially in gas mantles. A gas flame does not affect it, but an electric arc may. The oxide does, however, shrink in volume at high temperatures. Thorium oxide has been utilized to make crucibles for holding molten platinum. The oxide itself was melted only in a hollow formed in a heap of its own powder...
SAINT JOAN?The appealing figure of Joan of Arc catches Shaw off his guard and turns him serious...
SAINT JOAN-Bernard Shaw brilliantly assures Joan of Arc of a place in history...
...advantageous to Poincaré. A lapse of more than a week would allow a careful analysis of German returns. In a week much propaganda of alarmist complexion could be used to advantage by the Bloc National, of which M. Poincaré is the head. The date-Jeanne d'Arc Day-is also calculated to play upon the national pride of the French people...