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There hasn't been much change in personnel, but while competition will be stiffer than it was in the winter, the whole squad should show a marked improvement in the warm weather. On the unfortunate side is the fact that this year's meet with exceptionally strong Yale falls on May 13, earlier than ever before...
While Waksman waits to set up his institute with streptomycin money, the search for better antibiotics goes on. The requirements for a new antibiotic seeking membership in the select club are getting stiffer all the time. Explains Waksman: to qualify, a new drug must kill some kinds of germs more effectively than any drug now known; it must work well in the body and not damage the body; it should be stable and soluble in water...
...year, as more boys & girls come of college age, the demand for higher education grows more frenzied, the passion for degrees more fervent. (Even a "failed B.A." on a calling card is better than no college record at all.) Meanwhile, authorities have been forced to make the examinations ever stiffer. In Bombay alone, more than 50,000 youngsters took the 1949 tests...
...jayvee and freshman heavies will probably face stiffer opposition than their varsity counterparts, as MIT game both crews a stiff battle last week. Both Crimson beats have undergone lineup changes since last Saturday: John Merrick will replace the injured Ham Fish in the jayvees, while two new men, Marty Webb and Doug Fletcher will fill the bow and two slots in the freshman boat...
Candidates for the State Department face more competition and stiffer requirements than beginners in any other section of government service, Christian M. Ravndal, director general of the Foreign Service said. "We must have the highest type of young man, since the nature of our work must exclude any second raters in our personnel," he said...