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Some of Ernie's oldtime fire came back as he outlined the steps to be taken. Western Union would begin with Britain and France. Then economic and political understandings would be sought with Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg. Later (if the April elections there go the right way), "the new Italy" might be brought in, as well as Portugal. There was no hard & fast schedule, no thought of immediate federation or a United States of Europe. More than the western edge of Europe was involved. Bevin pointed to the British Commonwealth, to the overseas territories of Britain, France, Belgium...
...alcohol solution, then precipitated the virus by spinning it in an ordinary laboratory centrifuge. He worked with MM (mouse-monkey) virus, which does not affect human beings; but his method, he believes, can be used to isolate viruses that attack humans. When that is done, researchers can begin work on a vaccine...
...Small Beginnings. Long before Krug or Forrestal, the oil industry had seen the revolution on the way and started to get ready. The Texas Co. has a 38% interest in Carthage Hydrogl, Inc., is now building a $20 million plant at Brownsville, Tex. to produce synthetic gasoline and oil daily from natural gas. Standard Oil Co. of Indiana will shortly begin construction of an $80 million synthetic plant in the Hugoton gas fields of Kansas. The two plants will produce 14,000 barrels of oil daily...
However, President Conant said, "Radio programs and courses by the teachers of the humanities can stimulate a man to begin the life work of achieving a general education...
...shall begin by stating that the most delightful experience as an editor of the CRIMSON came from an assignment to act as correspondent from the Harvard varsity and freshmen crows then in training at Galas That was in June, 1886. The Yale races were only two weeks away, and all was bustle and interesting activity in and around the Harvard "quarters." A favorite pastime consisted in riding along the banks of the River Thames in order to catch the "time" of the Yale crews during their near at hand. Your correspondent was much at home in these "diggin...