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Stalin's mere "sympathy" for the work of fomenting the "World Revolution of the World Proletariat" is not enough, cries Trotsky. He accuses the Dictator of resting content,with the "partial revolution" (i. e. the Sovietization of Russia). Comrade Trotsky, grand-old, fire-eating, impotent revolutionist, demands "The Permanent Revolution...
...works hard from 8:30 to 5:30, usually at the Western Air field at Alhambra, Calif., sometimes at the company headquarters in Los Angeles where he shares an office with two others. His fellows like him for his affability, attribute his apparent diffidence to his partial deafness. He drives a Chrysler car to and from Pasadena, where he lives with his wife, the former Margaret Watson, and their three children. A facile writer, he types his own copy for Aero Digest, for which he is radio editor and a monthly contributor...
...warm, damp air layer close to land or sea attempts to rise through a layer of cool, dry air. The warm air literally breaks a hole in the cooler air, rushes upward. Passing through the hole it assumes a whirling motion. The centrifugal force of the column develops a partial vacuum on the inside...
...Partial starvation is used as a therapeutic measure in the treatment of many diseases. After the War, in Germany, it was noted that there was a decrease of diseases of the following type: chronic nephritis, ailments of the stomach and liver, Bright's disease and diabetes, all of which are associated with good living and rich food...
...Partial starvation is often a sociological problem. In Greek Catholic countries the religion calls for fasting on almost half the days of the year. Hindus fast for days to solve their moral problems. Saint Gandhi has fasted 21 days without appreciable harm...