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Lady Howard of Effingham, who was born in Hungary and spent most of her youth in Budapest, was suddenly "detained" by Scotland Yard under the Defense of the Realm Act. Britons were relieved to know that her blue-blooded husband, Lord Howard of Effingham, has long been separated from...
...greatest physician of all times" was Hippocrates of Cos, a Greek who lived in the golden Age of Pericles. He was the first doctor in Western history to: 1) take the practice of medicine out of the realm of magic, the hands of priests; 2) draw up a set of lofty ethical rules for doctors (among them the Hippocratic oath,* still followed by physicians today); 3) make careful scientific observations (he published a classic description of tuberculosis); 4) let nature take its course, instead of using drastic purges and operations. Nevertheless, he strayed from the scientific path in originating...
...hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands; This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England...
Your right to question the accuracy of our poll cannot be denied. But by questioning our "devotion to truth," by using such terms as "examples of distortion," "hedging,' and "suspicion," you leave realm of argument. You have a right to question, but you do not have a right to accuse falsely; your right to criticize does not extend to the right to slander. The ethics of the Crimson as well as the policies it advocates stand in danger of repudiation by the students of Harvard. Richard M. Haber '41, For the Editors of Defense
...sprightly study in confusion. Discussion is lively and disorderly; agricultural tractors are freely converted into printing presses; and everybody catches on just in time to earn the expected A or B. Anchored only to the graphs on the blackboard, Ec 1 floats freely in the realm of abstractions. If, as must be supposed, the course was intended to furnish a solid theoretical basis for the study of applied economics, it can only be regarded as a pleasant but thorough failure...