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...Russians have adopted the slogan, "We must surpass the capitalistic countries in industrialization." But I cannot believe they will ever surpass the United States in the production of cotton. Your figure of 3,000,000 tons must refer to seed cotton which would amount to around 4,000,000 bales of lint...
...final appeal to the United States to steel herself against aggression a scene of piercing terror which shows Mr. Hitchcock still in firm control. To the very end, "Foreign Correspondent" remains his show. The result is that the thriller has reached a height that it will be difficult to surpass...
...Negro children surpass whites in liking for scientific books, poetry, newspapers...
...such specialty products as gaskets, fuel hoses, heavy-duty wire insulation, U. S. industry is already making synthetic rubbers. They cost more than natural rubber, but surpass it in resistance to oil, oxidation, sunlight, acids. Notable among them are Thiokol and Du Pont's neoprene. But none of them has been turned successfully into the finished product that uses 77% of U. S. rubber consumption-tires...
...satisfactions, for not only does Yale lay claim to stars of the calibre of Howle Johnson, all-around free-styler, and Jim Cook, outstanding diver, but in some events the Elis can produce stars two or three deep. Harvard's breastrokers have not, up to now, been able to surpass 2:32 even in practice, yet Yale has Meyer, Gesner, and Metcalfe who are below that mark. Her divers, Cook and Munding, are consistently scoring well above George Dana's all-time best point total...