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...German Lufthansa. Two summers ago a German tourist brought several bags of vegetable seed, with the result that many nourishing plants, hitherto unknown in Iceland, sprouted and flourished last summer. But the Icelanders were not particularly pleased. They obey by instinct Explorer Stefansson's rule: A people react with pleasure to a new food in proportion as they have been accustomed to a varied diet. Accustomed to an unvarying fish, smoked mutton, cheese and potato diet the Icelanders view green vegetables with alarm. They delight, however, in repeating that "Proportional to the number of Icelanders our Reykjavik is the largest...
Bushnell stressed the fact that "twelve men for woman, God help us are still twelve human beings who react to honesty and chicanery just as we all do. In testifying before them, avoid the 'smart-aleck' attitude, the dogged attitude, and nervous hesitancy. Keep your temper. A clever cross-examiner will draw you out, emphasize your faults, and so discredit your testimony in the eyes of the jury. But the policeman armed with the truth has a 90 per cent advantage over any crooked lawyer...
Seemingly the Berlin detectives worked on the theory that a genuine Sadist in the audience would react with pleasure if not glee, while everyone else would be revolted or would scream or faint, as many did last week. Results from this strenuous method of crime detection were said to be "promising," and several arrests were made, though no one was actually charged with being a Crime Clubber last week...
...Asiatics richer and more avid of the good things of life, of the comforts so many of which we can supply so readily and profitably. Consequently, every acceleration of European demand for the raw materials, exotic fruits, luxuries, and semiluxuries, produced by these far-off lands, will react directly upon the latter's buying power and desire for American specialities...
...Budget Committee, is significant, namely, the frequent publication of figures, the full release of information regarding all those activities in which the Council as the agent of the undergraduate is participating. A more intimate knowledge on the part of the undergraduate in the work of the Council would react to the mutual advantage of both parties...