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...authors of Drinking in College, however, were uncertain about the relationship between alcohol and sex, so they neither supported nor denied the Ogden Nash theory that "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker...
...Rises. The helicopter?by virtue of its ability to rise straight up, to hover motionless in midair, to fly sideways, backward and forward, to feel its way through fog or snow at five miles an hour if necessary, to stop quicker than an automobile, and to lower itself vertically into clearings hardly bigger than the circle described by its rotor blades?began proving itself a priceless beast of aerial burden in the early days of the Korean war. In the last 36 months it has altered the whole world's concepts of transport, and has made itself a unique, irreplaceable...
Actually, while U.S. industry has always been quicker to cut production than prices in times of slump, it has usually followed a directly opposite policy over the long run, on the theory that the lower the price, the wider the market. Auto dealers are once again proving the truth of this maxim. Loaded down with new cars, they have kept sales up by offering big discounts and trade-in allowances. In similar fashion, while many appliance dealers are loaded up with hard goods, the discount houses in the big cities have proved that they can move mountains of appliances...
...twice as far. As he puts it. with a dry smile: "Rivers of guinea-pig blood could have been saved if these methods had been known 50 years ago." He is too modest to add that millions of blood tests now performed in research laboratories every day are simpler, quicker, cheaper, and vastly more reliable than ever before. Also, researchers preparing new vaccines can use precise quantities of pure components...
...Superintendent Ernest Caverly, there was: "It's better for left-handed children. It's an aid to better, quicker reading. It's simpler. It's faster." The Parents' Research Committee disagreed. They not only read Tannenbaum for background material, they also queried other communities throughout Massachusetts. Their conclusions: "If they were free to speak, 90% of the teachers would be on our side." Nonsense, said Superintendent Caverly. "Speaking conservatively, I would say that 90% of all teachers-up to and including those in the high schools-would favor manuscript printing...