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Technological Revolution. Unlike soldering, welding does not consist merely of sticking two objects together with metal glue. Instead it fuses them into one piece, almost as if they were recast. The village blacksmith did a crude form of welding when he heated two iron rods to the melting point and hammered them together till they fused, but modern welding is a much more efficient operation...
...approaches to Moscow make a first-class military cemetery. The land is mostly flat, some of it gently rolling. To the northwest there are numerous swamps, now partly frozen. To the north there are great, patchy forests, which even in winter are good cover because they consist mostly of pine and spruce. All around is a net work of rivers-Volga, Moskva, Oka, Sherna, Protva, Ugra, Ruza, Yauza-which are now mostly frozen...
Polka-dotting this area is a formidable system of prepared defenses. There are no Russian lines, as such, before Moscow. The fortifications are in depth, and they run from the present line of action right to the city. They consist of everything from tiny land mines to monstrous forts three stories deep...
...competitions will consist entirely of lessons in the various phases of publishing a paper, from writing and selling of ads to the accounting and disbursement of funds...
...total of 137 who have registered for the course is considered an excellent turnout by Durant, but late arrivals may register tonight. The course, which will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays through December 16, except for Thanksgiving, will consist largely of lectures lasting about two hours, according to Assistant Dean Henry Chauncey...