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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been able to evaluate in detail the place of the athletic program in this or any other university, but one can speculate as to whether the passing of any function of the University would create the gap caused by the absence of such a program...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bock-- | 2/5/1941 | See Source »

...report prepared by the committee points out in detail that many states have laws prohibiting the practice of astrology and shows that in very few cases have these laws been enforced. The committee plans to attack astrologers wherever possible by means of existing laws and recommends the enactment of more effective and uniform laws. The Federal Communication Commission, it points out, has ruled astrologers off the air as a result of protests by the American Astronomical Society and the American Society of Magicians...

Author: By Jock Cobb., | Title: The Scientific Scrapbook | 1/24/1941 | See Source »

Taking its tone from the fact that the majority of the U. S. favors such aid and that the U. S. appears committed in principle, if not in detail, to the President's policy, which in effect sets up a London-Washington Axis, the picture says nothing that has not been said before. But the commentary, accompanied by pictures which lend it immense dramatic force, seems like much stronger meat than the U. S. has yet tasted. It may send shivers up the backs even of interventionists and make the hair of isolationists stand on end. Coming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Uncle Sam, the Non-Belligerent | 1/20/1941 | See Source »

Unlike other Communist books of revelations, Out of the Night is remarkably well written. Its 841 pages are crowded with exact information, names and dates. More important, when the author does not know something, he says so. His book describes in great detail the immensely ramified activities of the "underground" Communist movement. It describes how strikes in Europe were fomented, and sometimes broken by the fomenter when they conflicted with Soviet policy. It describes the methods whereby a single experienced Communist sailor can disrupt a whole ship by sabotage. It describes how the 1923 Communist uprising in Germany (in which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Collapse | 1/20/1941 | See Source »

...consists. Effective presentation of those parts of the course given in Hunt Hall is additionally handicapped by poor acoustics and a scattered audience. And the exams make no effort to test application of knowledge by "what would you do with these facts" questions, but rather are invariably tests of detail memorization--except for the navigation problems, which an even higher percentage of prospective officers final. In fact, on the basis of November Hour navigation marks the majority of the Junior Class would run aground in Hawaii en route from Boston to New York...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAVY SCI AROUND | 1/10/1941 | See Source »

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