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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pitching department, only one significant change may occur as a result of the trip. Lon Clay's two wins may put him in ahead of Charley Brackett as the Crimson's number two pitcher. Although losing against Columbia in extra innings, Captain Tom Healey showed himself to be rounding into good form by going the entire eleven frames...
...penumbra (zone of partial shadow) barely nicked the moon's outer edge. There is no "path" in lunar eclipses; when the moon enters the earth's shadow, the effect is visible from the whole hemisphere facing the moon's direction. Two other partial lunar eclipses will occur during 1940: a conspicuous, nearly total one, visible everywhere in the U. S., on April 21; an inconspicuous...
Although the students will have no specific duties on board, they will be allowed to ask any questions that occur to them. There is little danger that Uncle Sam's carefully guarded naval secrets will be exposed, however, for "only a trained technician can understand a machine, even when it is exposed," according to the office of information...
...tissues, a two-degree drop in temperature, and the loss of a cupful of blood may be enough to bog down heart and brain and produce a coma, prelude to death. Shock may also follow severe burns, wounds, lacerations, even blows in the solar plexus. Usually shock does not occur until several hours after injury. Standard treatment: warmth, blood transfusion, oxygen, water injections. But these measures often fail...
...train. Handsome, friendly, helpful, M. Gafencu acted as the Council's President, was busy spiking rumors that: 1) Rumania had decided to cast her lot with Germany; 2) an anti-Russian compact was about to be signed; 3) the Balkan Entente was breaking up; 4 ) anything important would occur at the conference. No secret was made, however, that Rumania's growing troubles with the Allies v. Germany over oil (see p. 31) was the most discussed topic...