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...written impressions of Coquille, Ore. ("God forsaken hole No.1 . . . should be given back to the Indians if a tribe could be found dumb enough to take it"); of Texas ("Whoever christened Texas 'God's country' was drunk or crazy"); and of his work in one case ("Insofar as the merits go, if I have my way this respondent is going to be given the 'business' or 'the works' as others may call...
...bomber with the handsome young fellows who fight for "liberty, truth, and beauty." Doubtless, even the most die-hard pacifist will get a vicarious thrill out of dog-fights in the air and a spectacular bombardment of German battleships at Kiel. "The Lion Has Wings" interests only insofar as it is a carefully elaborated was document; it offers little in the way of a plot. Ralph Richardson in uniform is entirely superfluous; but as far as Merle Oberon in nurse's uniform is concerned, she makes you feel like throwing away your citizenship to get wounded in the fight...
...Insofar as possible," he stated, "we will try to establish a cross-section of the college on future Boards. Too long has the Lampoon rated good fellowship above literary ability...
American Art Today, the collection of contemporary paintings on exhibit at the New York World's Fair, is not, from the point of view of art alone, worth seeing. However, certain phases of the exhibit are interesting insofar as they are able to show clearly the direction of a trend the importance of which is continually increasing in every field of modern culture. Seeds of social and economic maladjustment are beginning to take root on the canvases of many excellent artists...
Schleiden and Schwann. In 1839 in Germany lived two scientists, Mathias Schleiden and his follower, Theodore Schwann. In his publication on the cell issued at that time, Schleiden made this statement: "Each cell leads a double life: an independent one pertaining to its own development alone, and another, incidental insofar as it has become an integral part of the plant. It is, however, apparent that the vital process of the individual cell must form the very first, absolutely indispensable basis of ... physiology...