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...cases, nor would I sanction its use as so far developed. It is highly potent in the rat, 1/10 cubic centimeter (about two drops) will completely protect rats against eight average lethal doses when given immediately, and 1 cubic centimeter given three and one-half hours later will give prompt recovery against the same dose...
...general dissatisfaction with the situation which existed this fall should prompt the H.A.A. to give the concessions back to the students, under whose guidance it was handled satisfactorily...
...President says quiet-like, 'Sylvester, I'll investigate and you'll hear from me.' " Sylvester Harris did hear. The Columbus, Miss. Negro who thought he was telephoning President Roosevelt at the White House to save his mortgaged farm got prompt aid from the New Orleans Land Bank (TIME, March 12). Last week Sylvester Harris seized a chance to show his gratitude...
...prompt [not necessarily soft] answer turneth away wrath" is a Grew maxim which he would like to see the lumbering State Department adopt. Last week Secretary Hull was out of Washington when the Japanese Foreign Office at length made answer to Ambassador Crew's note protesting Japan's petroleum laws. Acting Secretary of State Philips said the Japanese answer was "vague . . . incomplete . . . unsatisfactory." He hoped to get off fresh instructions to the U. S. Embassy in Tokyo soon. Meanwhile capable Joe Grew pushed on with the job which calls to a diplomat when he is not sure...
...representative government give way to a form of administration which is less dilatory, less tolerant, and less compromising. In the crisis of 1932 the people demanded action of the new administration. They were willing to surrender temporarily their historic rights and forget their political philosophy in the interests of prompt, recovery. But two years have passed and the process of strengthening the executive continues. Congress has been surrendering its rights and the rights of other branches of the government to the president. We have in the executive the spectacle of an officer making the laws which it is his duty...