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...breakdown in health had forced her to give up the austerely cloistered life of the Carmelite Order. She had been granted a special authorization which gave her, because of ill health, the right to go out into the world without losing her religious status. Thus released from the strenuous Carmelite vows, Sister Madeleine entered the order of the Dominicans of Béthanie, in which she kept good standing while looking after the three Roquette-Buisson children. Said she: "The baron is fond of horses . . . He lives the life of a gentleman farmer, taking the baroness along to a great...
...eight strenuous days & nights, Communist Siqueiros turned out a 10-ft.-square mural hopefully calculated to stir up a lively religious row. Done with a luminous, three-dimensional effect, the painting shows Hidalgo before a Spanish firing squad, one bullet-riddled hand still clasped to his breast in the moment before a final volley cut him down. His accuser is a mitered Catholic archbishop, stiff-backed and sinister, holding a standard topped with a cross. Beneath is a Spanish crown and Siqueiros' own paraphrase of the death sentence: "Excommunication and death penalty for Miguel Hidalgo for professing and spreading...
...unpleasant modern problem is what to do (or not to do) for a dangerous dose of radiation. Last week a Boston meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association heard a report on the reaction of irradiated dogs to strenuous exercise and psychological problems...
...group of researchers under Dr. Walter W. Jetter of Boston University used beagles in their experiments. Some were trained to do strenuous tasks, such as running for hours on treadmills. Others were taught to get food by pawing triggered boxes in response to signals and in spite of frightening noises...
...irradiated dogs that were exercised, 19 died. Of the 18 not exercised, only five died. Dr. Jetter concludes that it might be well to keep people from strenuous exercise after they have received large amounts of radiation...