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...sell them to students taking their courses, exactly as textbooks are sold at present. A set of notes compiled by the lecturer would give every student an authentic and useful substitute for the lectures he missed, and at the same time relieve him of the necessity of taking copious notes at the lectures he attended...
...tube swarms of protons will be released. The high voltage will whip these particles down the tube against a target at the other end. Dr. Van de Graaff hopes that these bullets will disrupt the nuclei of the target's stable atoms in such comparatively copious numbers† that he will 1) learn more about the ultimate constitution of matter; 2) produce superpowerful x-rays: 3) glimpse a clue toward utilization of atomic energy...
...opener of minds," his method was that described by Mr. Keller of "speaking out the truth as a basis of understanding." His phraseology was that of a plain speaking man, courageous in all his intellectual and personal relations, tart when tartness was due and effective. Examples are only too copious; "What are we teachers of Greek going to do if Greek is no longer required?" asked a colleague. "Do?" retorted Sumner. "Learn something else and teach it. I've had to do that, twice in my life." Or again, mordantly, to the class, "In the colonies, during inflation, you might...
...cruise ended without formal engagement, but rumors of Alexis' Hutton coup flooded the heart of every Paris gigolo with copious bile. A Prince Nicho las Dadiant, self appointed "Marshal of the Georgian Nobility" in Paris, hissed that Mdivani means "secretary" in Georgian. The Mdivanis kept their peace, knowing that Hutton means money in any language, and Miss Hutton serenely announced her engagement. "Alexis has a right," said she, "to be proud of the title which has been in his family for generations." A Hutton aunt tried to raise the issue of Mdivani Mohammedanism but Alexis' friends explained variously...
...which they termed themselves, "Assassins of Sorrow." From the titles you can guess that they were comedians. Through all of these performances the thing that I remember distinctly is the extreme nervousness and stage fright of Fredric Bickel. Back stage before, during, and after each performance Fredric drank copious draughts of ice water and during dress rehearsal required considerable prompting from his partner. Fredric Bickel was always a modest and sensible sort of person: hence, I am led to agree with TIME that twelve years ago he would have been vastly surprised. . . . HOWARD ("SPARKS") DODGE...