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...Omnivorous and insatiable, [Picasso] helps himself, without scruple, from every pot in turn. Such are his abnormal digestive powers, that after only partial mastication, he will regurgitate each exotic titbit in a form but slightly distorted in the process ... A wily gastronome, he knows what's good...
...need not repeat the well-known and compelling arguments as to why we must keep our universities active as scholarly centers even during partial mobilization. The arguments all turn on the premise--some may say the hope--that after a period of strain the time will come when the whole world moves in the direction of less rather than more military preparations...
Sixty percent of a student's final mark in this course depends upon what his section man gives him for recitation grades, and partial credit is given at the discretion of the instructor himself. Some of the instructors are graduate students and some already have their Ph.D. 's, which is one of the main factors accounting differences in the quality...
...analysis method, which graphically plots both an entire economy and its intricate interrelations, enables government and industry planners to gauge beforehand the effects of a shortage, a surplus, partial unemployment of the nation's economy, or a wage hike...
Three months ago, Dr. Ersner drilled through the bony obstructions and put a rubber tube through both nostrils so that scar tissue would not close them again. Even with this partial relief, her food tasted so much better that Andrea began to eat like a wolf and gained nine pounds. Last week Dr. Ersner took the tube out, and Andrea went on a smelling binge, running from food smells to her mother's perfume bottles...