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...will hang a photograph of each subject beside his autoportrait. Says he: "The painter, when he stands ... before a mirror, is for once scot-free. . . If he does not quite like his face, he can subtly improve on it. ... Comparison with the 'objective' photographs will let us detect this easily...
...gadget for inspecting tires that uses high-frequency sound waves (supersonics) to detect flaws. A tire is put under water and supersonic vibrations passed through it; if the tire is sound, the vibrations are recorded smoothly on a microphone and the gadget shows a green light. But if the vibrations hit an air bubble or break in the tire, the microphone's current drops, a light turns...
...thank you very much for sending me that phonograph record of "The Star Spangled Banner" . . . we now have our public address system working much better at colors . . . maybe except for that chipped part that we covered with SCOTCH tape . . . once in a while on Monday mornings we can detect a bit of "Loch Lomond" blending in . . . or is it the scotch in me? . . . Speaking of music, Company Baker is having a bit of music trouble now with the thought of moving ashore next month for they will have to find a new place for the North Matthews "Swing Band" . . . anyplace...
...testing for hypochondriasis, some for depression, some for paranoia (a form of insanity characterized by peculiar kinds of delusions), some for masculinity v. femininity, etc. Many personality phases have 80 or more cards bearing on them, and many cards bear on several phases. There are 15 cards to detect whether the player is fibbing a little to put himself in a socially acceptable light. The answers required are not likely to be embarrassing, but the diagnosis a doctor can draw from them...
...thigh. Afterward, when a surgeon used it to find a needle in a fat woman's shoulder, the tiny object, usually a surgeon's bugbear, was snagged in 47 seconds. Dr. Cole wishes the Army would give the method a trial, thinks it would be able to detect bullets or shell shards more quickly, cut down probing and cutting...