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Having turned her back on the political inferences of the War, America was not slow to blink at the economic conclusions. Having served as quartermaster of the world throughout four years of tremendous drain and demand, America had developed her industry far beyond any normal need, and had so increased her fixed charges that she was dependent for her profits on the marginal percentage of goods which went abroad. The logical fact to be derived from this would seem to be that since America could not be economically independent of Europe, America should not try to make herself independent...
...When an eyelid is damaged by injury or disease it can be mended satisfactorily by grafting a bit of skin from another lid, from the inner surface of the arm, or from behind the ear. Skin from those places approximates the thickness of an eyelid. Lids thus mended may blink,' wink, close. If his patients insist, Professor Vilray Papin Blair, St. Louis lid-mender, transplants a strip from the eyebrow. Eyelashes from eyebrows usually look straggly. Professor Blair also makes eyebrows with grafts from the scalp. These tailor-made eyebrows require frequent barbering...
...reply: "You'll get nothing out of me on that subject. Not a word! I've got a big enough job on my hands now. Every time I give an opinion on anything-tariff, taxes, the Mormon Church or pigsticking in Argentina- somebody says, 'Well the blink-blank! I'm against him. . . .' I've no intention of making a declaration on any question with which Congress does not have immediate concern." Partisan rowing later spread from House to Senate where New Hampshire's Moses sarcastically "marvelled at the moderation with which Mr. Garner...
...sits at a certain focal distance and angle from the screen, he can look through a stereoscope. Or he can hold a mechanical pair of lorgnettes before his eyes. The lorgnettes, which John Bellamy Taylor of General Electric used over 20 years ago, have shutters which rapidly and alternately blink the view of each eye. Viewing devices with special lenses, mirrors or prisms also permit stereoscopic effects. But each person in the audience must have a special pair for his seat...
...unusual brightening of darkness. He reminded U. S. stargazers that this year the Leonid meteor display will be the most brilliant since 1866. Star lovers who want to see the cosmic fireworks will have to stay up late during the first week of November, watch from midnight on without blinking. One blink may cause the watcher to miss a meteor which shines for less than 1 sec. Best astronomical advice is to keep an eye upon the constellation Leo (south of the Big Dipper) from which the darting points of light will seem to come...