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Dean Watson, speaking for the committee, stated that it could find no grounds on which to deny a charter. He said that so far as the committee could ascertain, the League had fulfilled all requirements necessary for official recognition...
When the physicist wants to ascertain stress, he bows to the memory of Robert Hooke*, measures all the forces involved. and from them calculates the amount of pressure or tension in inanimate matter. up to the breaking point. Doctors have no such easy time of it. Ever since Montreal's Dr. Hans Selye announced his theory of how stress causes disease through the "general adaptation syndrome" (TIME. Oct. 9, 1950), physicians have recognized that people can get serious illnesses simply from the "stress" put on the system by emotional pressures, shock, physical fatigue, or even bad eating habits...
...attorney, my congratulations to Cardinal Ottaviani on setting the record straight with respect to Roman Catholic policy throughout the world ... It seems to me that all Americans of every faith are entitled to such a clear-cut statement of worldwide policy, but so far as I can ascertain, we do not get it from our American cardinals...
...Student Council did the right thing in saying "no" to our first proposal because true student opinion over the entire college was not known. Their suggestion for a petition certainly will be followed as soon as possible to honestly ascertain the college's interest in the proposal. Dwight L. Holloway '56 John W. Hurst '56 Larry M. Abrahams...
...Crimson team did not hold practice yesterday. Instead, it met in the rooms of Captain Walter Greeley, for discussion, and an attempt to ascertain the problems which have caused it to lose three games...