Word: objections
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sounded "like grease cooking slowly in a pan." But when Dr. Bullock moved his warm hand near the snake's pit, the sizzling sound increased "as if you had turned the heat up." A lighted match or cigarette produced the same effect. On the other hand, a cold object, such as an ice cube, cut the sizzling down...
...temperature of the nearby air had no effect. Warm objects could be detected by the pit organ even through the cold air of a refrigerated room. But when a sheet of glass, opaque to long infra-red rays, was placed between the snake and a warm object, it "blinded" the pit. Drs. Bullock and Cowles conclude that the pit is a sort of "heat eye," sensitive to the infra-red rays that come from warm objects. It detects cold objects by giving less response than it does to the snake's room-temperature surroundings. A glass of water only...
...first play, The Center, suffers from contrived symbolism. Six people in pink union suits prance around the stage admiring an invisible object. These people, I presume can either represent a deluded mob believing in false gods or a group that has found true religion...
...hero of this play let is the individual or the skeptic who is outside the pale. He cannot see the object of beauty and failing to see refuses to believe in it. As he taunts the mob, it closes in on him; he falls into convulsions and dies. If your sympathies are with the mob his demise is a victory for the true faith. Otherwise it is a triumph of the group over individuality...
...honor of a cartoonist, and the majority of the demonstrators had no interest in pulling trolley wires or over-turning automobiles. The rally became something of a riot only when the police arrived in force, and it is difficult to expect everyone present to scamper off quickly before the object of their interest had arrived. In this particular case, there was obviously no riot in the usual sense of that word, and the Mere Presence rule should not apply...