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Snug Atoms. Organic chemistry deals with carbon compounds like those found in living organisms. Most of them have long chains or rings of carbon atoms with one atom or more of hydrogen attached to each carbon atom. Fluorine atoms are heavier than hydrogen, but they are about the same size, and they fit snugly into the molecule without disturbing the existing arrangement of the carbon atoms. The result of replacing the hydrogen atoms in the molecule with fluorine is a compound which resembles the organic original in some respects. But the new fluorochemical has different and sometimes remarkable properties...
...change in the starting offensive team puts sophomore John Culver ahead of Tom Ossman. Culver is heavier, although the latter is much more experienced. However, Culver was used a lot against Columbia and Jordan apparently feels that additional weight will be needed against Cornell's big and rough line...
...major tumble. Many of their reasons are technical (e.g., the fact that railroad stocks have lagged so far behind the industrials); others are practical. Many corporate earnings have already been cut by taxes and cutbacks in civilian production. The new tax bill will take still heavier bites out of profits. Example: estimated profits of U.S. Steel will be cut from $3.61 in the first six months of this year to $2.70. Moreover, defense orders will not take up the slack for many companies for a long time, nor will arms production yield anywhere near the profits of peacetime goods...
...pressure is greater on the first year man at Harvard than it is on his brother at Yale. He usually must carry a heavier work load; putting in over twenty hours a week outside of class, as compared to just over ten hours for the Yale student. And, of course, there, is always the strong possibility of flunking out at Harvard, while Yale seldom fails a student...
...power. A smashed airfield, for instance, weakens him at once, but the damage is soon repaired. When a factory is blasted, the effect is not felt for a while, but it lasts much longer. The side that has lost its defensive fighter bases is penalized by heavier losses when enemy bombers strike. By well-planned moves a skillful team can reduce its opponent to near-helplessness long before his war machine has been destroyed in detail...