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...isolated case, we should merely have to reprove the Senate for letting the executive exceed his authority. But there are other examples of this kind of forced appropriation, and the appropriating power of Congress is in grave danger. Roosevelt plays the same game with the Passamaquoddy project, the Gila Dam, and the Florida ship canal. It is quite clear that Congress is expected to finish whatever the President begins, regardless of whether or not it was worth while in the first place...
Notable is the magazine's "Ask Adventure" department, founded 18 years ago with a board of seven experts to answer readers' questions. Today 98 experts in all corners of the world answer such ques-tions as whether a Gila monster's bite is fatal, whether a snake can milk a cow, the status of slavery in Ethiopia, the hazards of existence in the Everglades, the respective fighting merits of lions and gorillas. For replying to sharp-eyed readers the experts get 50? per answer. Few members of the Explorers' Club can find technical fault with Adventure...
...Fatigue Laboratory of the Business School, the experimenters have on hand 16 gila monsters, three dogs, two cats, five rabbits...
...Gila Monsters Only...
...prices paid for these animals naturally vary according to their comparative rarity and difficulty in handling. Mice cost $10 a hundred, alligators vary according to size from $2.50 to $4, and the supply companies do not carry a stock of alligators exceeding four feet in length. The gila monsters are priced at $15 each while a medium-sized chimpanzee costs between $500 and $600 depending on how "civilized" the animal may be. Monkeys range from four to seven dollars. Hens, ducks, etc. are all bought at regular market prices by the pound. Pigeons and turtles both range from a quarter...