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That there is vegetation on Mars is a fairly plausible assumption. The reddish hue of the planet used to be ascribed to foliage of that color. A more favored explanation nowadays is chemical absorption of oxygen in the soil-that is, oxidation or "rusting" of the Martian terrain. But the dark patches on the planet's surface grow heavier and more distinct in winter, change from blue-green in summer to chocolate brown in winter. These changes strongly suggest vegetation. The potent chemical compound called chlorophyll is present in all the green plants of Earth, but spectroscopic analysis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Beyond Earth | 7/31/1939 | See Source »

...deserter was disgruntled, grandstanding State's Attorney Thomas J. Courtney, 44, who jumped on the Horner bandwagon when it invaded Chicago. Left stranded when Henry Horner patched up a truce with Bosses Kelly & Nash, Tom Courtney opposed Ed Kelly's renomination on his own hook, raised a hue & cry over Windy City corruption with the aid of Colonel William Franklin Knox's Daily News. Mayor Kelly got practically all other kinds of support available: C. I. O. and A. F. of L., Old Deal and New Deal, the Communist Midwest Daily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ILLINOIS: Windy Primary | 3/13/1939 | See Source »

From Fogg Museum itself a number of loans have been made. Prominent are two fragments of fresco from a cave at Tun Huang in Western China:--a Head of a Bodhisattva, and Three Old Men. These two paintings have that strange, unmistakable violet hue which results when the flesh tints have faded. From Mr. Warner's own collection a number of items are being displayed. In addition to a Japanese priest's mask and two gilt bronzes, there is a T'and painting (or print) of the priest Hsuan Tsang, carrying on his back the Holy Books that brought Buddhism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections & Critiques | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

...ballyhoo surrounding this year's Tiger tank edition is mindful of the good burghers of Hanover, but Dick Hough, Ned Parke, and A1 Van de Weghe are certainly food for thought. Call the Orange and Black favorites for Saturday, but make the Crimson dark horses of a very light hue for the meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson to Face Strong Athletes Tomorrow Night | 3/3/1939 | See Source »

...promising but comparatively untried charges in this, the high point of the indoor schedule, are primed to give the lads from Ithaca a run for their money. For in what promises to be the closest meet of the series, Dartmouth is a dark horse of a not very dangerous hue, and Yale is not the team it was last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORNELL FAVORITE TO WIN TRACK MEET | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

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