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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...calculus, operates to make the left side of the equation a quantity containing the element of change. The suffixes (1) and (2), explains Dr. Richardson, identify the symbols which they follow as the opposing nations or groups of nations; x denotes preparedness for war, a variable; t is the length of time during which the nations have been coming together as enemies; k is a "defense-coefficient"; √ is a "fatigue and expense" coefficient; Δ "represents those dissatisfactions-with-treaties, which tend to provoke a breach of the peace...
...Junior Varsity and Freshman shells raced over a two-mile course with the Freshman boat winning by a length of open water. The times were 9.5 and 9.45 for the Yearlings and Jayvees respectively. The Freshman boat is rated as 'just about average" by Bert Haines and since the Eli yearlings have beaten their Varsity on one occasion and have lost by six feet on another this year's crew will not row with the confidence that marked the race of last spring...
Actually, it almost turned out that the race had no winner. When it was over old oarsmen agreed that it was the closest thing to a dead heat they had ever seen. Decision went to Penn, which had built up a half-length lead at the mile mark, struggled to stand off the Navy challenge from there on to cross the finish line a few inches in front and win by an official 1/10 of a second...
...Cousin Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney, 35, whom Jock interested in cinema as Sonny had interested him in aviation. Board members are almost exclusively Whitneys. Last week the Whitneys had made ready for the U. S. public, at a cost of $1,000,000, the first full-length color picture since 1931-8,000 ft. and 1½ hours of 19th Century romance which may or may not revolutionize the cinema industry...
...Weber would make and break half a dozen officers in quick succession. Corporate camaraderie was discouraged-thereby discouraging corporate politics, a bane of big business. Allied officials did not even lunch together. But, from general headquarters right down through the 70-odd plants scattered the length & breadth of the land, the whole Allied personnel had one thing in common: Fear. Some employes hesitated to take vacations lest other men would have their jobs when they returned...