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Procurement of bookbinding supplies recently has been a particularly knotty problem, for the war has affected the whole industry. With the United States almost completely dependent on foreign imports for the best grades of leather bindings, shipments of such goods as calf, pigskin, Levant, and morocco have practically ceased; already one ship with some of its cargo destined for the Harvard Bindery has been sunk...
...slip in the King James Bible, Numbers 12:3: "Now the man Moses was very meek. . . ." The correct translation of the original Hebrew is "vexed," which confirms the Old Testament's report that Moses killed an Egyptian for smiting a Hebrew, that after the incident of the golden calf he ordered Hebrews to slay "every man his brother...
...newsmen gaped, moved on to the City Hall. There, in a reception room decorated with jonquils and tulips, on a long oak table were spread calf-bound records, property deeds, Great-Grandfather Willkie's will. Their significance, according to Nazi spokesmen: they prove that Willkie is "a liar." Aschersleben's city archivist, Prussian-headed little Rector Goapka, launched into the story of his Willkie research. He made a big point of the four spellings of the name he found in church and city records: Willke, Willcke, Willeke, Willecke. "But," said he, "the name was never Willicke, as Herr...
...promiscuity of pasture breeding. These agents of Remount charge mare owners $10 a foal: $5 at the time of service, $5 when the mare delivers the colt. Some agents, such as C. C. Townsend near San Angelo (who has five Government stallions) accept payment in chickens, eggs, or a calf. Some of the studs are aristocrats, the get of such lords of the turf as Sun Beau and Man o' War. Some compete in such high horse company as the National Horse Show in New York's Madison Square Garden...
...almost all other animals, they develop from the union of sperm cells and egg cells. Next comes the reproduction of fish and frogs, a barnyard view of chickens and cows. After the cow comes man. Dr. Levine bridges the gap with two pictures: a mother nursing her baby, a calf nuzzling at the udder...