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...believed that somehow the growth of cancer was related to vitamin deficiency. According to standard laboratory methods, he produced cancers in young mice by coating them with tar for several weeks. The offspring of these mice were fed a diet rich in vitamins A, B, C, D and E. One day, Dr. Davidson found to his surprise that they were no longer susceptible to cancer when tarred. From the tissues of "newly dropped young" of these resistant mice, Dr. Davidson made a boiled filtrate. Injections of this filtrate, plus a high vitamin diet, produced strong cancer resistance in ordinary mice...
...garret, Bogousslavsky explained, he had taken the painting, had diligently spent his time removing "tar" from it and retouching faded colors. Said he, "I have always loved Watteau. I could not bear to see it in the Louvre in such condition...
...questions. Coast Guard cutters sped to sea, searched the calm Atlantic for miles around the given position. But no shipwreck could be found. Meantime, shipping experts ashore who knew the Dunkwa's, regular run, from Europe to West Africa, began to wonder how she came so tar off her course. Then, while the S O S's continued to crackle in, Lloyd's reported the Dunkwa safe in port at Rotterdam...
When Southern churchmen get together with Northerners, they usually keep their eyes peeled for a tar baby. Last week at Atlanta's big, good-willing congress of the Baptist World Alliance, even the highest-minded Southerners felt sticky when, congregating in social groups, they were approached by a Negro who repeatedly exclaimed: "I am a Negro. I don't guess you want me around." The Negro, Dr. H. M. Smith of Chicago, thereupon telegraphed newspapers, declaring that "numerous racial signs" were displayed at the congress meeting place...
...world's largest churches, Chicago's Olivet Baptist (membership: some 10,000). The Alliance then elected Dr. Rushbrooke its president. There was no more nonsense about color, most delegates feeling that Atlanta, which quietly shelved some of its racial laws during the congress, had kept tar-baby trouble at a minimum...