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Moscowitz, who replaces former chairman William J. Dean '59, felt that the omission of PBH from the list might "raise the level of the drive," and mean that "we might possibly take in more money...
Never before has the U.S. scientist been so important to government and industry. But does that mean he never had it so good? Last week at Indiana's Wabash College, Norbert (Cybernetics) Wiener, professor of mathematics at M.I.T., flatly answered no. Politics aside, said he, the role the scientist now plays can seriously endanger his intellectual health...
...never really found himself until he was sent to the Braves. Pennant-hungry Milwaukee brought out the mean-spirited competitor in him, and he delighted in the sight of an opposing batter sprawling to escape his head-high fast ball. The measure of his success is the list of angry complaints that have scampered across four years of sports pages. Some of his National League opponents insisted-and still do-that he uses the outlawed spitball. "He breaks every rule in the book,'' maintains Cincinnati Manager Birdie Tebbetts. "The umpires tell me it doesn't matter...
...Having already rejected appeals by three companies (Tidewater, Indiana Standard Oil, Ohio Standard) for sizable boosts in their import quotas. Navy Captain Matthew V. Carson Jr., administrator of the program, also turned down Eastern States Petroleum Co. and Sinclair Oil Co., even though Sinclair argues that it will mean costly cutbacks in its ambitious plans to sell Venezuelan crude...
Periodically, eleven-year-old Martin Bach is catechized by his grandmother. "Your father fell in action, didn't he?" "Yes." "What does it mean-fell in action?" "Killed in the war. Shot." "Where?" "Near Kalinovka." . . . "What is the name of the man responsible for your father's death?" "Gaseler." "Repeat the name." "Gaseler." "Once more." "Gaseler." "Do you know what it means to deprive a child of his father...