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...Psychologist C. R. Carpenter and Mathematician H. R. Phalen of Columbia University say they started their experiments with proper skepticism, using 24 subjects. Two of these made significantly high averages. When they tried 30 subjects on colored cards, instead of Rhine's ESP (ExtraSensory Perception) cards, four of the 30 made impressive scores...
Stooge is defined on page 2,484 of Webster's New International Dictionary as "a foil, esp. for a comedian. Theatr. Slang...
...heavily on his throbbing brow during the funeral of George V (TIME, Feb. 3), buck-toothed King Carol II of Rumania in Paris reviewed France's Garde Républicaine. Later in a more comfortable cap, he received from France's oldest living Marshal Franchet D'Espérey, France's highest military decoration, the yellow and green Médaille Militaire, awarded only to commanders of divisions -and to private soldiers who have won it under fire...
...cette auguste assemblée qui parait si vaste mais qui représente une conception infiniment plus vaste-d'espoir et les voeux du monde entier. . . . Messieurs les délégués, je vous tend la main et de tout man coeur j'espère que vos efforts aboutiront à un heureux résultat yu'attendent avec impatience les peuples du monde...
...Whoopee. (hū´pi), int. orig. U. S. 1845. An exclam. accompanying or inviting to hilarious enjoyment; also sb., esp. in to make w., to have a good time, go on the razzle-dazzle...