Word: self
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...culturally self-sufficient are the French that important exhibitions of foreign art are rare in Paris. Rare in particular are shows of English art, toward which Parisians have a traditional, polite contempt. But by an interesting coincidence, the proposed visit of the King & Queen of England to Paris this June is being preceded by two unusually large and official shows of English painting. Last month Parisians fought a preliminary bout with their insularity at an exhibition of Caricatures et Mœurs Anglaises, 1750-1850 at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. And last week...
Jauncey's Electrons. One storm centre is an able, bald, self-critical physicist named George Eric MacDonnell Jauncey, who adorns the faculty of Washington University at St. Louis. Recently at a convention of scientists in Indianapolis, Dr. Jauncey described experiments which convinced him that the rest-masses of beta rays (fast electrons) shooting out of Radium E were variable (TIME, Jan. 17). He passed his electrons through a velocity selector, then estimated their masses by their behavior in electrical and magnetic fields. Since then Dr. Jauncey has bombarded the Physical Review with numerous communications backing up his announcement...
...nominating by petition, clause 3 of the Committee's platform reads in part: "Nominations by the nominating committee are announced first; nominations by petition are announced later as being made by petition. This procedure is obviously discriminatory against the latter and makes those nominated by petition appear to be self-seekers...
...name "Harvard" is practically self-sufficient in the Boston region. A substantial, though restricted diet can be taken care of by the Harvard Fish Market, Meat Market, Creamery, Potato Chip Company, Pickle works, and Brewing Company...
...except the consequence of losing by 50, 5, or 2 votes. An election cannot be repeated anymore than a horse race. Third, the Committee questions the worth of petitions by holding that the system is "obviously discriminatory" against those put up by petition, since such nominees appear to be "self-seekers." Election results over the last few years have proved this a false complaint, particularly the Council elections...