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...conclusion is that stars of different spectral classes cannot have evolved one from another, but must have been created simultaneously, and that their age is too short for any appreciable evolution having taken place. Finally, the observed recession of spiral nebulae, reflecting the phenomenon of the expanding universe, indicates a possible age of the extragalactic universe of a few thousand million years only. From all these facts we infer that probably the age of our universe does not differ very much from the age of the solar system, and that not very much more than 3000 million years have elapsed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Opik Asserts Stellar Universe Relatively Young--Cannon Discusses Photographic Collection at New Wing Dedication | 3/24/1932 | See Source »

...been amply demonstrated by the success of several progressive institutions that what is really needed is not so much a general smattering of all knowledge as an emphasis on one special field accompanied by an understanding of its relation to other important subjects. Opinions may differ as to the efficacy of Dean Stoddart's plan but common sense would certainly dictate that a system similar to that which has proved so advantageous at Harvard should be given consideration by those who would conceive educational Utopias...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DISTRIBUTION | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

...over Ireland the election was proving every minute that what the Irish want is a hero-in which respect they differ from the English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRELAND: Moral Majority | 2/29/1932 | See Source »

...fight began as a conflict of personalities. There was less reason for Amadeo Peter Giannini and Elisha Wralker to get along than there was for them to differ. If you like and respect Elisha Walker, who is always neatly dressed and who was born to society and Wall Street, who gives an impression of careful, methodical methods, you may distrust the attitudes of Mr. Giannini. If you like "A. P.," a big blustery fellow who does not give a hang how his clothes hang, who has known manual labor, who gives a jovial shout when he sees you coming down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: On to Wilmington | 2/15/1932 | See Source »

Light and liltish, the Fishback verses are concerned with Manhattanmania's battle between nonchalance and sentiment. They differ from, quite as much as they resemble, the clickings of Ogden Nash or the bickerings of Dorothy Parker. Advertising experience flashes out in catchy titles ("No Traffic Tower to Guide Her," "Quake Well Before Losing"). The Macy influence is plainly visible in "The Fashion Copywriter Turns Nature Lover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Better Now | 2/8/1932 | See Source »

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