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Phrenology appealed to the optimism and confidence of 19th century man, just as psychoanalytical theory appeals to today's pessimism and fear. In this disquieting account of the rise and fall of phrenological "science," Author John D. Davis, onetime professor of history at Smith, has embedded a bale of...
In 1947 Astronomer George H. Herbig of Lick Observatory took a photograph of a small area in the Orion nebula, which is 1,600 light years (9,600 trillion miles) away from the earth. It showed three faint stars embedded in a cloud of dust and gas. At last week...
¶ Reduce the corporate income tax from 52% (it is scheduled to go down to 47% next April). Noting that the current rate was adopted to finance the Korean war and twice extended, C.E.D. maintains it "should not be allowed to become embedded in the tax structure."
The Old Way. Nehru's modern India would like to change Shakta customs. The government has sent community development officers into the villages to instruct the Shaktas in modern farming and hygiene and to teach them to read and write. The government men noted that the ancient stone pillars...
¶ Infiltrated South Viet Nam (pop. 10½ million) so deeply that effective Viet Minh control now extends through 85% of the country almost to the gates of the capital, Saigon-where the Nationalist administration of Bao Dai is disintegrating. The Viet Minh are also deeply embedded in Laos (pop...