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...bankers, professional men, grain brokers, millers. Every correspondent receives a questionnaire each month asking the condition of the crop in his neighborhood. Before answering he generally takes a spin in his car through the fields, carefully inspecting the stand for blight, damage from drought or rain, condition of the kernel. He makes his report to the forecaster on the basis of percentage of normal?normal being the long-range average yield. Since the forecasters already know how many acres have been planted, the estimate of yield is arrived at by multiplying the normal yield by the percentage of normal reported...
...From the kernel of each nut. which is hard and bitter, the Chens derive five hypodermic doses of thevetin. Upon injection thevetin flows directly to the heart, strengthens the action of the heart muscle. The Chens' good friend, Dr. Albert Hyman of Manhattan, used the new drug on failing heart cases that had ceased to respond to digitalis. Results, beamed Dr. Hyman last week, "were extremely satisfactory...
...There ought to be no separation of the faculty into those who teach and carry on creative work" -- this sentence, taken from President Conant's Report, may be said to contain the kernel of his philosophy of higher education. In the light of more recent developments, such as the letter sent to all members of the faculty requesting a statement of the time required for teaching and tutorial, it is apparent he intends in the near future to enable each instructor to spend more time in research...
...that the axiom in this instance may justly apply. These references have to do with your editorial of February thirteenth, in which, under the nom de plume Nemo, and with freedom of expression that is startlingly unique, you crack open the nut of smug, self-conceit, and expose the "Kernel" (Charles A. Lindbergh) in most commendable fashion...
...When Kernel Pasha drove the illicit manufacturers out of Turkey some of them began secret operations in Bulgaria. At first the Bulgarian police, inexperienced in such things, were none too quick in detecting and suppressing the traffic. Recently, however, the Bulgarian authorities have proved themselves alert and effective in suppressing the traffic, as is indicated by the bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of State, issued Feb. 23, 1933 which says in part: "The prompt action of the Bulgarian authorities in this matter, evidence as it is of their desire to cooperate in the international effort to suppress...