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After a sanity test (verdict: sane) Private Habinyak was court-martialed, pleaded guilty to a list of charges of insubordination. Then the court-martial showed it had little more sense of proportion than Private Habinyak. Its sentence: ten years and nine months in prison. Luckily for stubborn John Habinyak (and for the Army), the sentence had to be reviewed by the Secretary of War and the President. This week the War Department announced the sentence had been cut to a more reasonable three years...
...house, make a list of what is purchased; on Tuesday, and daily thereafter, the garbage (if any) is measured and studied. At the beginning and end of the week, after all food consumption has been checked, each member of the family is weighed and given a blood test. Their reward for cooperation: two pounds of Red Cross flour or a can of condensed milk...
Last week, as Curtiss-Wright's flight show ended and the speakers departed, a few visitors stayed in the test yard to catch a glimpse of the youngster pilots who put on the show. But no workmen were there. They had gone back to their tools. The factory was clattering its symphony again as it does through the 24 hours of the day. Within a few months, 12,500 men will be working in the new plant and 500 of this year's fighters will be coming off the line every month: one of the reasons why Bill...
Rhythm of Growth. Drs. Gesell and Amatruda believe that standard Intelligence Quotient tests are rigid and artificial. Instead they have invented "Development Quotient," obtained by dividing a child's maturity age (determined by his reactions to tests at key ages) by his chronological age. The result is then multiplied by 100. For instance, if an eight-week-old child can pass only a four-week test, his D.Q. is 50. Normal rating...
...cure was revolutionary enough to change even the mental habits of the men around Churchill. Says Kraus: "I venture to show this transformation in a few test cases . . . The men I describe are not necessarily great men, but they seem to be great examples...