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...ahead of us." Said DuBridge: "It is true that in Russia more men and women received degrees in science and engineering than in the U.S. So what? Maybe that is because in the past 100 years they have so neglected their technical strength that they must now exert strenuous efforts to build it up. If this is true, then our rate of production should not be determined by their weaknesses-only by our own. Let us ask how many engineers we need to do our job, and not take over their figures or the numbers they require to do their...
Only real source of friction in the house : Eero's unwillingness to play handyman. Says Aline: "It's the shoemaker's-children-have-no-shoes situation. The basement leaked for months without his taking any interest in it. Then, happily, one day during a strenuous spring thaw, it flooded to a depth of six inches. That was sufficient crisis to engage him. He sprang into action and within an hour a sump pump was making the house throb like an ocean liner...
Happily, Dave had the smooth-muscled and supple physique to handle his strenuous coaching. He was a three-letter man in high school (baseball, football and basketball); when he graduated he had no trouble getting a scholarship from Duke University. Dave so impressed Duke coaches with his speed on the baseball diamond that before his freshman spring was over, he was working out part-time with the track team...
...increases in heart and breathing rates up to orgasm and the gradual decline afterward are remarkably closely synchronized in the partners. ¶ Electrocardiograms show a surprisingly large number of abnormal and skipped heartbeats, especially at orgasm. These aberrations were not repeated when the same individuals later engaged in strenuous exercise, such as running...
...acquires an attractive young tutor, she half tumbles, half pushes herself into love. Discovering that her young ward is also drawn to the tutor, Natalia jealously tries to marry her off elsewhere. Though all this gives the heartfree tutor's ego a great lift, matters get fairly strenuous for him, and he finds it simplest to go away. Others go away too, for other reasons, leaving Natalia behind with a mild case of heart break, a lady's-sized frustration...