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...students of engineering and physics . . . comprehend and appreciate the statics of the system, but we are at a loss to account for the phrase "distortion point 310°." Does the 310° refer to angular measure and if so, is the plane of distortion horizontal or vertical? Or does it refer to temperature, and if so, is the scale Fahrenheit, Centigrade, or Kelvin? If the scale is Kelvin, we look with breathless anticipation to certain conditions to which the system must eventually be subjected...
STORY ON ME IN MAY FIFTH ISSUE CONTAINS BAD TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR. YOU REFER TO ME AS ANDY ("THE GREEK") VARIPAPA. YOU EVIDENTLY MEANT ANDY ("THE GREAT") VARIPAPA FOR NONE IS GREATER THAN ANDY ("THE GREAT") VARIPAPA. ALSO YOU DEPRIVE THE ITALIAN PEOPLE OF A GREAT ATHLETE WHEN YOU CALL ME A GREEK...
...Wallace (to whom you refer as "the Messianic windbag") is speaking in the interests of world brotherhood [TIME, April 21]. What should be more natural, more desired, than that he should carry his message abroad to all parts of the world? . . . This is no time for narrow nationalism. Civilization hangs in the balance. If the future proves a growing organism, and we find ourselves making great strides toward a better expression of life on earth, coming generations can give thanks that we heeded the Christian philosophy Mr. Wallace represents. If civilization declines to an era similar to the Dark Ages...
...people living ... on our [northwestern] borders, who claim descent from Israel . . . something like, I should think, between 20 to 30 million people." Said tired Assembly President Dr. Oswaldo Aranha at last: "I am sure the eminent jurist who is the Indian representative knows what I mean when I refer to flatus vocis, which scholars use when they want to refer to people who are talking too much about nothing...
Then, after agreeing to refer the German assets question to a committee of experts (meeting in Vienna May 12) and to scale down occupation forces in Germany (with a June 1 deadline for agreement on the size of forces), the Foreign Ministers said the polite things one says to his host. Marshall smilingly thanked Molotov for keeping chain-smoking U.S. Adviser Ben Cohen in cigarets. As Cohen blushed and glanced at his plateful of butts, Bevin said, "Well, we can help on that too," tossed Cohen a pack of English cigarets. At 7:35, with a round of handshaking...