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...which are atavistic, including the muscles which sometimes can move the ears, the muscles that make hair stand on end, the appendix (which in herbivorous animals is important in digestion), the pineal gland in the top of the head where the first amphibians had an eye (probably as a lookout when they" were half buried in the mud). 3) Paleontology (the fossil record). This is the least complete evidence in man's evolution-much less complete than in some other animals, such as the horse. But man's development has been rapid and recent compared to the millions...
...scandalously good, so good, in fact, that it should be read behind drawn shades and with a watcher posted outside on lookout for the police...
...success of A. H. Stafford '26, whose sleight of hand tricks have been a great success at concerts this season, has caused the clubs to be on the lookout for a man with a specialty vaudeville act which will add to the variety of their performances. A good sleight of hand trickster or an expert juggler is especially what the clubs are looking...
After the U. S. press published the income tax figures (TIME, Nov. 3), the U. S. Department of Justice was on the lookout for a newspaper-dog or two. When the dogs were caught?or rather selected?the equivocal tax-publicity law, as set forth in the publicity clause of the Revenue Act of 1924, would be tried on them in test suits. It was a matter of interest to the public which, of thousands of available canines, the Government would select...
...chiefly asscribable to the shrewdness of John McGraw, their square-jawed manager, and to heavy financial backing. Not only has McGraw the acumen for constructing and lubricating a baseball machine but he has also been supplied with dollars sufficient to maintain a far-flung network of "scouts" on the lookout for fresh material; sufficient to purchase such material at any price...