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...toward the red end of the spectrum. Such a redshift is observed in the light of a star known to be retreating from Earth, so it was assumed that the distant nebulae were retreating in all directions. On these observations, and on the theoretical expanding universes formulated by de Sitter and Lemaitre before any observations were made, the case for the expanding universe rested...
...sitter," wrote Cartoonist Low of President Roosevelt, "from the waist up alive and on the move all the time, ruffling his hair, throwing his arms about, twisting his body, turning his face to the ceiling, laughing too much, either opening his mouth or distorting its shape by wedging his cigaret holder too far to the side. He may be a swell President, but he doesn't know how to pose for his portrait...
...West Indies and China Seas." Last week in a curt, confident article, "Stellar Distances and the Expanding Universe," published in Science, the aging worldling attacked the "fashionable concept" that the universe is getting bigger, labeled such theories "folly," assailed the views of Expansionists Eddington, Lemaitre, Hubble, De Sitter in 1,000 exasperated words...
...scholars often disagree for years on end, debating, compromising, and surrendering as integrity of intellect dictates. Politicians disagree and debate, but elections decide issues and while a office, the victors are Doers. President Roosevelt invited professors and scholars to take an active hard in government four years ago. They sitter and winnowed and had to announce the results immediately Shortly after they did, the Republicans howled at the bumbling theories...
...Crawford, Portraitist Newman is the daughter of a one-time Democratic National Committeeman, traces her ancestry on her mother's side directly to Charlemagne. Named Azadia after a section of Washington's Rock Creek Park which was once the family estate, she signs her paintings Azadia. Of Sitter Garner she recalled: "He called me 'little lady' and gave me a long talk about caring for my teeth." Crowned Queen Shenandoah XIII of the annual Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival at Winchester, Va. was pretty, brunette Cornelia Ann Larus, 20, daughter of Richmond Tobacco Tycoon Lewis Griffin...