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...oceans are copepods-tiny, flealike crustaceans related to lobsters and crabs. Copepods browse on the vast, undulating pastures of diatoms, converting plant life into animal life. Thereafter the cold, predatory struggle of the seas begins. On the copepods feed small fish like herring. On these feed larger fish like cod, as well as marine birds, seals, whales. Thus the importance of diatoms...
Harry Pulham is as Bostonian as the proverbial bean and the cod. He went to an exclusive private school, and, after his four years at Harvard, entered the investment business. He owns a summer house on the Maine coast and a winter house "in town." He sums up his whole political philosophy in one sentence: "I do not believe that either Mr. Roosevelt or Germany can hold out much longer and I confidently look forward to seeing a sensible Republican in the White House." On the whole his life is hardly distinguishable from those of his classmates...
American Defense, Harvard Group, is sponsoring a drive to gather "recreational material" for the National Guard units and draftees training at Camp Edwards on Cape Cod...
...impostor, in addition to worming an apology for the treatment accorded to Leila, also managed to get Hobbs to admit that most Lampoon stunts in the past 10 years have been "senseless" and not worth while. Specifically condemned was the stealing of the Sacred Cod from the State House...
...Cannon believes that such oils may carry bacteria and viruses from the nose into the lungs. But cod-liver oil, though it is "extremely injurious to pulmonary tissues," is often essential for a child's diet. It should never be given to struggling children, never be fed to infants while they are lying on their backs. Safe procedure: give a few drops at a time, or use vitamin concentrates...