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...Partial vengeance was afforded the Engineers in their overwhelming victory in the Freshman contest. Except for a less by decision and a draw, the Tech first year men took every match. Bobby King pulled down the three points in a very one-sided tussle in the 145-pound class, while Buck Marshall wrestled to a draw in the 128-pound group...

Author: By Evan Calkins, | Title: CRIMSON WRESTLERS DEFEAT TECHMEN, YARDLINGS LOSE | 12/9/1940 | See Source »

Thus culture must rise or fall with political changes, he explained. "Because technical forces have unified the world we must think of world interests and not be partial to the interests of any single country," and "should reconcile our ideals to this standard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RUSSELL NOTES DECLINE IN WORLD SECURITY SINCE 1890 | 12/9/1940 | See Source »

...emphasize the untrustworthiness of Axis diplomacy. Mankind has faced this same problem at other times. The classic example is Napoleon. England signed a peace with him in March, 1802. That peace was formally breached fourteen months later, but it had never been a true peace. It was only a partial truce. Even if Hitler sincerely wanted peace, it is doubtful whether he could maintain it. The German and English attitudes and ways of life are too opposed, at present, to be reconciled for any length of time. Furthermore, the Axis philosophy, government, and economy is based on war. It must...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 12/6/1940 | See Source »

...Student Council has been aided by the library staff in selecting a nonpartisan bibliography on the war, representing the varied points of view of isolation, partial intervention, intervention, and alliance with Great Britain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT COUNCIL TO DONATE 12 SPECIAL "WAR LIBRARIES" | 11/20/1940 | See Source »

...when to don a gas mask. Of the lethal gases they learn that chlorine, phosgene and diphosgene attack a man's lungs, are soon blown away. More deadly are mustard and lewisite, which hang in wooded areas for days at a time. Against these, gas masks are only partial protection, for they attack men's bodies, produce ghastly burns. (Lewisite may also cause death from arsenic poisoning.) Helpers of the lethal gases are the sneeze, tear and vomiting gases. Used as harassing agents, they make men work in masks over long periods. Men who get a whiff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: School for Noses | 11/18/1940 | See Source »

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