Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pride itself on History and Literature, while Winthrop House, under Professor Ferry, has formed science clubs, and may at times attract more concentrators in Biochemical Sciences than other units. It is also not undesirable that Dunster House should be strong in Economics and in History and Literature, and should possess the best Fine Arts library; or that Leverett House, perhaps, should boast the best musical library...
...table tops, radio cabinets) from plastics. Tanks nine feet in diameter have been molded from Haveg, a phenol-aldehyde. Textiles can be impregnated with plastics to stop their creasing. Dr. Ellis believes that "the synthetic resin dwelling house is fast approaching realization," and that "resins made from urea & formaldehyde possess several advantages over those from phenol & formaldehyde. They are stronger, lighter in color, more resistant to darkening under the influence of light...
...Geologists are now certain that Asia does not possess sufficient raw materials (iron & coal) to make possible a Western type of industrialization. Textiles and light industries will grow-but great steel plants can never grow up in Asia as in the U. S. ¶Population of Japan is now over 60,000,000, will be 90,000,000 in 30 years and then will probably stabilize. What to do? Birth control is not encouraged by the Government but neither is it discouraged. Contraceptives are widely advertised. But Japan bases her policy on the proposition that the world must make room...
Probably one of the most difficult things for a man entering Harvard to procure is proper advice. Although there are deans, advisers, and proctors at every turn, and professors in every class room that fairly exude knowledge of their own particular field, there are few who possess a sufficiently all-round knowledge to be able to tell a stranger what courses it is wise to take, and what courses...
...compete at present with the most powerful foreign navy. ... As regards cruisers we shall soon have the Dunkerque, which foreign admiralties agree already must be considered the world's most powerful capital ship. . . . Whether it be in mine layers, mine sweepers, submarines, light or heavy cruisers we possess ships equal if not superior to those of Britain, America or Japan. . . . The Dunkerque will be a veritable King...