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...dust swirling across Tienanmen Square." He was impressed by the Russian-Gothic buildings fronting the square, which seemed "built as if for a race of men 10 feet tall." Peking's immensely wide streets are "strangely silent" much of the time, with virtually no traffic except for trol ley buses towing trailers. "The streets," said Saar, "are polished every day by the passage of thousands and thousands of bicycles- the standard means of transportation. In the morning one heard the clopping hooves of horses bringing in produce from the communes, and the tinkling of a million bicycle bells...
...nonetheless in the first wave of universities told they were under investigation in February. When three HEW compliance investigators arrived in March, they made no mention of the issue of women. "Our concern is with affirmative action to employ Negroes where they have formerly worked," team leader J?? W?ley said at that time...
...rocket was launched with similar expert predictions of failure. In 1940 the editor of the Scientific American wrote Willy Ley, prophet of space travel, that the notion of a rocket bomb was "too farfetched to be considered." In December 1945, even though Germany's V-ls and V-2s had already terrorized London, Dr. Vannevar Bush, head of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, said that intercontinental missiles would not be possible for a "very long period of time." The American public, he impatiently contended, should not even think about them. Only last December, Dr. Bentley Glass...
...characteristic common to many habitual cigarette smokers is that they would like to stop but can't. A recent experiment conducted at London's Mauds-ley Hospital by Psychiatrist M.A. Hamilton Russell suggests that the tobacco smoker can be literally shocked out of his habit. To a sample group of 14 heavy smokers, Russell administered electric jolts at some point during the smoking process. The results were as electrifying as the treatment. After an average of eleven sessions, nine of the 14 had given up smoking; three later relapsed into the habit, but six were still off cigarettes...
...fact that we do have a positive result indicates the need for further investigation of its effects." Dr. Verrett accused the FDA of dragging its feet, pointing out that her conclusions were very firm almost a year ago and that they had been communicated to higher officials. "Dr. Ley says that at this point in time, cyclamates are safe," she argued. "I say the safety of cyclamates has not been established scientifically...