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Mei Lan-Fang's genius, say his Chinese critics, resides in the perfection with which he executes the bewildering Chinese orthodoxy of posture and diction. Playing his feminine roles he seemed like a painting of Hui Tsung miraculously come to elastic, undulating life. His dances with swords and wands...
In regard to point (1): even admitting that probation has the effect of establishing a standard of satisfaction which is likely to prove the limit of the average athlete's ambition, what effect would the abolition of probation have? In the absence of any other check there is every reason...
"The danger of high blood pressure lies in the fact that it leads to degeneration and to hardening of the arteries. The high tension represents considerable wear and tear on the blood vessels. The smaller arteries suffer the most because of their delicate structure. Although the walls of the arteries...
The extensibility of rubber is usually confused with its elasticity. Rubber is one of the most inelastic of substances. An absolutely elastic substance is one which returns to its original size and shape after stretching. Rubber does not do that. Pull a piece of rubber, release it, measure it. It...
It is the same student, who burdened in former days with the incessant demands of solicitors, however worthy their cause, brought before the Student Council his desperate case. Today, the machinery of the Budget Committee reveals itself as an elastic medium whereby the student body is relieved of its petty...