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Members of the Proqect are Gail Gillam, '65, and Judith R. Welis, '65, who teach at Mary's Institute, and Susan M. Contratto, '65, Catherine E. Robins, '65, Andrew Fedders, '63, John D. Gerhart, '65, and Christopher Z. Hobson, '63, who teach at the Kurasini Training Center...
...persistent problem of irrigation. The sad truth is that there is no such solution in sight. Sea water contains about 3% of salt, and there is a strong attraction between the salt and the water. A great deal of energy is necessary to break the bond. Dr. W. S. Gillam, research chief of the U.S. Office of Saline Water, recently estimated that the lowest possible cost of doing the job will never drop below 25? per 1,000 gal. No tricky process of freezing or distilling can reduce this figure. At present, none comes near...
...eight orphanage years were Dickensian. Eventually Lily found a job as a skivy (housemaid) but soon chucked it. She had a chance to demonstrate a U-shaped toothbrush ("It fits the inside of your teeth") and her pearly performance caught the eye of U-born Major John Graham Gillam, D.S.O. It was a case of an 18-year-old Eliza Doolittle marrying a 43-year-old Henry Higgins...
Knockout Performance. In Hamlin, N.Y., during a firemen's parade, Drum Major Irving Gillam gave his baton an especially high toss, watched for it to come down, saw sparks fall instead as the baton fused to a 5,000-volt power line, knocked out village electricity for an hour and a half...
...political madhouse was the Cleveland-Elaine campaign. James G. Elaine, who entered the Presidential race trailing a none-too-savory financial reputation, was covered with calumny. Burlesquing Gerome's painting of the noted Greek courtesan Phryne confounding her Athenian judges by her naked beauty, Puck's talented Gillam showed Republican Blaine standing coyly before his party leaders, his stout, bedrawered figure tattooed with his allegedly scandalous record. Democrats chanted: "Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine, Continental liar from the State of Maine." Republicans got dirt in their fingernails digging up the story of Maria Halpin, a dipsomaniac widow...