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...same sunny mood seemed to envelop the framers of Bulgaria's new Constitution, which abolished the death penalty. This was good news for Bulgaria, for Russia and for Nikola Petkoff, secretary of Bulgaria's Agrarian Party, whom the Bulgarian Government recently condemned to death for treason...
Controlled Growth. After a few days, the seedlings have ghost-white roots and little white spikes (the coleoptiles) which envelop the embryo leaves. Thimann cuts off the coleoptiles, trims their points, and strings the tiny hollow cylinders on the hairlike teeth of a comb. Then he puts them in water containing a little sugar and indoleacetic acid (a growth-promoting substance). He measures them under a microscope and tucks them away in darkness...
...Annihilation. His message was soon clear enough. The dashing young general, hoping to envelop Crazy Horse, had split his regiment into three parts. But there had been a "sad and terrible" mixup. One part of the 7th had been attacked before the others joined it. It had been annihilated. The other two had then been heavily engaged, until the Sioux broke off and retreated victoriously toward the Big Horn Mountains...
...miles west of the Rhine, Major General John W. Leonard heard of Cologne's capture. Other elements of Lieut. General Courtney H. Hodges' U.S. First Army had that situation well in hand. General Leonard's 9th Armored Division could turn southeast to hit the Rhine and envelop more of its west bank. Leonard gave an open order: keep going; if you reach the river try to establish a crossing and hold...
Doughfoot in a Barrel. When Balck threatened to envelop U.S. Seventh Army units on the left, Lieut. General Alexander M. Patch pulled back ten miles, leaving some Maginot Line positions to the Germans. They followed the withdrawal, pierced the new line, crossed the small Moder River. Then the Seventh counterattacked and the Germans backed up. They seemed to need reinforcements and they seemed not to be getting...