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...photosynthesis all by themselves. Using isolated chloroplasts from spinach leaves, Dr. Arnon and his colleagues found that they could study the role of light without being bothered by the other chemical processes that take place in the normal plant cell. After tedious experiment, they decided that when green plant pigment (chlorophyll) is struck by sunlight its molecules become so excited that they shake loose some electrons. And those electrons eventually help to form some of the basic chemical substances necessary for photosynthesis...
...paint, Katayama kneels in Japanese style, with his feet tucked under, uses an ink of rock pigment, and brushes of wool or badger hair. It was the eyes of Industrialist Matsushita that most fascinated the artist, who found them at once serene and alert. "Eyes are the mirror of every human." says Katayama...
...Violin and Chamber Ensemble. As interpreted by the Orchestra of America last week, Orchestral Abstractions was jagged in profile, strong in rhythm and color, the solo instruments, particularly the brasses in the last movement, in fascinating juxtaposition with a curtain of translucent strings. The effect suggested flashes of pigment seen through swiftly running water...
...beeswax, and cooks it over a slow fire for two hours, stirring often and being careful that it does not boil. He then stores the product, which is called black oil and looks like axle grease, in old mayonnaise jars. When he is ready to paint, he mixes each pigment he is using with black oil on the palette. Then in a palette cup he stirs up another mixture of (one teaspoon each) mastic varnish and black oil, and a few drops of stand oil and Venice turpentine. At work, he dips his brush first into the mixture...
...only conceivable rallying point of opposition to TANU is the racial question. TANU stands for racial equality and integration: "We care for the dignity of the human being, not about the pigment of his skin." When the leaders of the Congress are not whiling away the afternoon in a bar or visiting Peiping, they are insisting that the Indians (approximately 300,000) and the Europeans (about 3,000 permanent settlers) be thrown...