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...built by Bell. These ships are slightly longer than the X-1, and heavier (16,000 lbs.). Their rocket engines deliver 6,000 lbs. of thrust and should push the planes to nearly 1,600 m.p.h...
...younger. This is the Age of Youth. Whiskers are vanishing. B) While the tendency has been toward more head-hair, it is fairly safe to assume that the crew-cut, now pretty well established in academic circles, especially with the young, will prevail. C) Eyebrows appear to have become heavier (see Conant), therefore it would seem reasonable to expect heavier brows than formerly. D) Eyeglasses come an go, but since two out of the last three presidents have worn em, I feel if not too extreme to look forward to double lenses. This is the least accurate, perhaps...
...tables will be ready in about a year. Dr. Pett does not expect that they will show any striking variation from province to province but he does think they will prove average Canadians to be taller and heavier than Americans "because so many of us are from northern European stock." The tables' ultimate purpose, however, will not be to measure Canadians against others but against themselves, to tell the individual whether he weighs too much or too little for a person his age and height. Dr. Pett, 43, will learn whether his weight (151 lbs.) is, as he thinks...
...Quonset-hut courtroom in Seoul last week, an eight-man court-martial meted out punishment: two years in prison and dismissal from the service for 2nd Lieut. James D. Goff. Goff smiled in relief: he had had good reason to expect a much heavier sentence. Last December, with three Negro enlisted men, he had entered a Korean's house, presumably looking for stolen property, and had pistol-whipped to death an innocent Korean Presbyterian minister who protested...
...Scudder sat in her hilltop bungalow at Kodaikanal, overlooking the Vellore Christian Medical College and its hospital, and opened a stack of letters and telegrams. Her name is a famous one in India these days-a letter once reached her addressed simply, "Dr. Ida, India." But the mail was heavier than usual last week because friends around the world were congratulating her on winning the Elizabeth Blackwell Citation*"of the New York Infirmary, as one of five outstanding women doctors...