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...treatment of cancer, technical men have devised huge and intricate electrical X-ray machines, but few have been able to approximate the pure, short gamma ray of earthborn radium. The trouble with radium is that there is not very much...
...News, for example, ran a series of editorials two weeks ago questioning the national affiliations of Eli fraternities. It pointed out that fraternity members often have to pay out as much as $55 to their national organizations; that in turn they may have to accept rules--such as Phi Gamma Delta's prohibition against pledging Jews--which they find oppressive. The Yalie Daily did not condemn the system, but asked members to consider whether their fraternal ties "might be the result of some refined evangelism...
...often unfavorable report on the fraternity system, and then reprinted what it called a "social formula" for those uncertain about joining fraternities. The formula: "Mr. Joseph H. College regrets that owing to a previous conception of purpose lie will be unable to accept the kind invitation of Alpha Beta Gamma." The next day, as a "public service," The Dartmouth listed the eleven local fraternities which discriminate on racial or religious grounds...
...supervised by tall, greying Allan A. Eccles, an X-ray expert in Vancouver. Working with information from the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the U.S. Office of the Surgeon General, Eccles built the shelter in ten days, and says it is "calculated to afford protection against blast, flash and gamma radiation within a reasonable distance of ground zero of an atomic bomb burst." Although Eccles does not plan to go into the business, he is willing to make his specifications available to contractors if the government approves Mrs. MacDonald's shelter. Eccles thinks similar shelters could be mass-constructed...
...Gamma radiation travels with the speed of light and is gone instantly. Heat radiation lasts as long as three seconds (which may be time enough to duck into a doorway or sprint a couple of steps around a corner). The blast or shock wave races a mile in five seconds. After an air burst, stay where you are for at least a minute, and watch out for falling debris. After an underwater burst, the danger from radioactive mist may last for several hours...