Word: research
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Recipient of the William N. Nichols Medal in 1940 for his work with poison gas, he was a leader in defense chemical research in both wars. Until his retirement in 1948, Lamb was the lecturer in Chemistry...
Yesterday the council also voted to formulate its activities which would be: (1) gathering information on pertinent legislation before the General Court; (2) sponsoring research projects on civil liberties; (3) arranging forums and debates on civil liberties...
...This is a witch hunt bill," asserted Daniel B. Schirmer '37, who spoke on behalf of the Communist Party. He called an outright lie a charge made earlier in the hearing, that the Communist Party is promoting and directing atomic research...
...request of the Navy, which is responsible for many Pacific islands, the National Research Council sent Mollusk Expert Dr. Francis X. Williams to Africa to look for the big snail's enemies. In Kenya he found small, fierce, carnivorous snails boring into big achatinas with sharp, file-like teeth. He also found snail-eating beetles, and took both finds back to Hawaii, where they are still penned up carefully for observation. Some biologists fear that if the beetles and small snails exterminate the giant snails, they might look around for other food and become pests themselves...
...volumes so far this year, and at least two of them are outstanding. Gold Rush Album is a handsome collection of pictures, cartoons, handbills and newspaper facsimiles from the great days of the rush. Forty-Niners is a new edition of what is now almost a classic work of research by Author Hulbert into the daily life of those who traveled overland. Together they give an unforgettable impression of a mighty movement of people, unorganized and yet queerly efficient, undisciplined and yet tenacious, unbeatable, ignorant, misled, unprepared, unaided, persisting despite almost every obstacle...