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...hard to account for Dartmouth's spotty showings; the most likely explanation is that the Green was really only "up" for the Penn game, and the subsequent poor showings were the result of a natural letdown...
...public, tirelessly hoping for a panacea, suffers an emotional letdown as each new wonder drug in turn proves to have its limitations. Cortisone, which was hailed at first (by laymen) as the cure for arthritis, is the latest exciting disappointment. Since the first chorus of enthusiasm, doctors have learned to handle cortisone warily. It cannot be given to any patients for more than a few weeks or months without the risk of causing other disorders. It will be years before the medical profession knows just how cortisone can best be used. But Merckmen know that cortisone, like its predecessors...
...tennis coaching career, you would expect Jack Barnaby to be quite content with his team. But despite last Wednesday's victory over Yale for the first time since he became coach in 1937, the ambidextrous racquets mentor now half-jokingly admits that he's a little worried about a letdown for the match coming up at Dartmouth this Saturday...
Belles on Their Toes (20th Century-Fox), a sequel to 1950's successful Cheaper by the Dozen* is, like most follow-ups, somewhat of a letdown. Present once more are Efficiency Expert Lillian Gilbreth (Myrna Loy) and her twelve lovable but strenuous children. The rambling scenario, in a flashback to the Pierce-Arrow and Charleston days of the '20s, focuses on the girls of the family...
Skinner didn't intend to be a psychologist. At Hamilton College he majored in English literature, "But I had a letdown when I discovered that a novelist doesn't really understand behavior, even though he can duplicate it. A biology professor got me interested in Pavlov." Skinner did graduate work in psychology at Harvard in 1928. In 1947 he was back as the William James Lecturer, and the next year he received his appointment...