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...they could never hold their men if prices broke through. They also knew that there was many a political crevasse between a labor pledge and a Congressional fulfillment. Besides, their minds were occupied with an immediate worry. The Hobbs anti-racketeering bill, already approved by the House and long dormant in committee, was suddenly brought before the Senate one day last week and swiftly passed without debate or record vote. The bill provides fines up to $10,000 and prison terms up to 20 years for labor union representatives or others who obstruct interstate commerce by robbery or extortion. (Labor...
Last week, an unobserved concussion jarred Annie's dormant time fuse into action. No. 2 Bomb-Disposal Company, which had started to dig it out, declared that, unless the bomb blew itself up, it would have to be detonated. With a mental groan, Londoners kept thinking of that thing ticking away over in St. James's Park. Like all veterans, they were glad that the war was over, and yet the ticking of the bomb carried an echo of past excitement into the grouchy drabness of peace...
Princeton is the only competitor tested so far this year. Last Saturday they trailed Pennsylvania and Rutgers by 24 seconds on Lake Carnegie. Not inexperience, but war-imposed inactivity plagues Tiger coach Deles Schoch, since his entire squad is composed of returning veterans. Dormant since 1943. Princeton crew was resumed last year on an informal basis...
...elaborate system of controls makes eniac so flexible that its inventors have given up looking for problems it cannot handle. There is plenty of work ahead for eniac, its inventors say. In nearly every science and every branch of engineering, there are proved principles which have lain dormant for years because their use required too much calculation. Example: aircraft designers know how to predict air-drag theoretically, but the job takes so much figuring that they prefer to make scale models and test them-somewhat inaccurately-in expensive wind tunnels. In future, they may rely on eniac...
Both teams are the revival of a long-dormant sport. The Tigers are somewhat worse off, however, because they lack adequate practice facilities; Baker Rink has been used as a temporary gymnasium because of the destruction by fire of the regular gym several years ago, and as a result hockey practice there has been confined to the few days that are cold enough for outdoor practice...