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...heavier crews, stroked by Bill Malcom and Dick Emmet, finished one and a half and three and a half lengths respectively behind Hall's boat, the winning time being 5 minutes, 16 seconds...
Time-trials yesterday gave the crew stroked by Howland Hall a slight edge over the two opponents, stroked by Dick Emmet and Bill Malcom, Ball's crew is composed of four former varsity and four former 150-pound Varsity oarsmen from last spring's crews. The other boats are heavier, two members of Emmet's boat having rowed on the Junior Varsity...
...number of West Point officers by reducing the length of the program there, (2) better and more extensive training of Reserve officers, (3) more promotion from the ranks, (4) re-arrangment of rank to suit the job performed, and increased promptness in granting promotions when a man is carrying heavier responsibilities, (5) readjustment of pay and allotment inequities, and (6) a more efficient system of disciplining officers and changes in the system of "busting" enlisted men all the way to Private...
...Valais' own brand of warfare. Each year until 1939, Valaisan farmers, notorious throughout phlegmatic Switzerland for their hot tempers, had driven 200 stocky, combative cows up to the high pastures just beneath Alpine peaks. There the select 200 plunged into wild battle. They proved their cunning by dodging heavier opponents and victors of previous years. They showed their sportsmanship by stepping back to wait if the opposing cow slipped on the wet grass. The victor, having pushed or frightened away all other contenders after 3 days of cow combat, emerged as "summer queen...
Harvey reasoned that since female-producing sperm seems to contain slightly more chromatin (chromosome material), it must be slightly heavier. The problem, therefore, is to separate "biological isotopes." Harvey, citing a centrifuge method which has separated the light and heavy parts of sea urchins' eggs, thinks it can be done. His proposal: use a special centrifuge to whirl the sperm; the lighter male-producing sperm will rise to the top, can be skimmed off and planted by artificial insemination...