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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Whatever the side dishes, every panto worthy of the name is sure to contain the following ingredients...
Most experts agree that petroleum was formed from organic remains which accumulated on the sea floor. The mystery: How was it done? Almost all organic substances contain oxygen, while petroleum is largely hydrocarbons, compounds of carbon and hydrogen only. Chemists have been unable to decide how the oxygen was eliminated. Some thought that deep-down bacteria did it (TIME, Dec. 17, 1945), but others politely said...
This evening the Radcliffe Idler opens in John Fletcher's "To Rule a Wife and Have a Wife," a bawdy masterpiece whose advertising blurb does not, happily, contain the words: "world premiere...
...form of Journalism reaches its peak at this season of the year, after the football compaign is concluded and the multitude of All-DeWolfe Street elevens laid to rest in newspaper archives. Hockey and basketball, while sports of sufficient interest to please even the most greedy promoters, do not contain sufficient human interest to fill all the columns of the numerous pages Boston papers apparently feel must be devoted to sports. As a result, every last drop of blood must be squeezed out of the personalities in whom there is greater interest, and every rumor, gag, and warmed-over story...
...international inspection of world disarmament, including the abolition of atomic weapons. But her insistence upon keeping the veto power in disarmament questions has drawn a storm of criticism not only to the Soviet proposal but to the motives behind it as well. Some of the criticisms are thoughtful; others contain an air of cynicism that add little to the discussion...