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The high pressure with which deep-sea divers and tunnel workers must contend has always been a source of danger, but now physicians and surgeons on both sides of the Atlantic are deliberately subjecting their patients to deep-sea pressures to save their lives. As testament to the success of...
Tragic Anecdotes. The explosion shot a half-ton piece of the Mont Blanc's anchor two miles through the air. It pulled a sailor off the deck of a nearby merchantman, and tossed him up to the top of a hill half a mile away. Somehow he lived. It...
St. Francis of Assisi made the first crèche-or so his loyal biographer, St. Bonaventura, says-and it was a double success. The tableau lent a drama to the saint's sermon on Christmas Eve in 1223, and the hay later "proved a marvellous remedy for sick...
New coach has two experienced divers on this year's team: sophomore Dan Mahoney, who was undefeated in Ivy competition as a freshman; and of Lewy, whose clutch victory in last year's Yale meet helped Harvard beat Elis for the first time in 25 years.
The divers toughest competition will come as usual from Army, Navy, Yale, and Princeton. A low-board contest against Springfield will open the season December 1.