Word: exacts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Turning Point." To honor the sooth anniversary of the publication of Volume I of Diderot's Encyclopedic, France has embarked on a year-long series of celebrations. The Archives Nationales de France have published an exact reproduction of Diderot's prospectus. The Bibliotheque Nationale has put on a massive exhibition of his original manuscripts and illustrations. Meanwhile,the Sorbonne has commissioned six monographs on various aspects of the work; and the Ministry...
There will be no increase in tuition from last year's rate of $60 for the four-unit courses, but board rates will be slightly higher because of increased food prices. The exact increase will be announced in the official catalogue, due to come out in April...
...Hall opened yesterday as usual for the early birds. Kirkland House fed those who stayed in Cambridge over the holidays. William A. Neaman, Manager of the Dining Halls, said the number who celebrated Christmas at college "was about the same as usual," but added he wouldn't have the exact figures until today...
...hospitals, nutritionists are checking soldiers' diets to determine the effect of vitamin C in frostbite recovery. In still other experiments, radar waves are being beamed at frozen arms & legs to find out how deep the injury goes; fluorescent dyes are being injected around frostbitten skin to discover the exact extent of the freeze. Both the radar and dye tests should help a surgeon to decide whether amputation is necessary, and if so, how much must...
...creeps up on troops, and whether the Army's new insulated, gum-rubber shoepacks are working effectively. Special weather stations have been set up to chart temperature, humidity and wind velocity every hour, day & night. The information is checked against the flow of field casualties to determine the exact conditions under which frostbite occurs. Everywhere, team members ask a steady stream of questions: Did your feet perspire? Were you asleep? How were you dressed...