Word: testings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...action against Solzhenitsyn will not be final until ratification of the ouster by the Executive Committee of the Union of Soviet Writers. Since some of the writers on the executive committee oppose the ouster, Solzhenitsyn's case may well turn into an important test in the struggle against literary repression in Russia...
...lady proved to be a determined and skilled political tactician. Suspecting that Deputy Prime Minister Morarji Desai, who is now a leading Syndicate member, would thwart her socialistic policies, Indira dismissed him from the Cabinet. Last July, in a direct test of strength, she nominated her own candidate, V. V. Giri, to run against the Syndicate's choice for the presidency of India. He won by a narrow margin...
Emlen's test subject was the indigo bunting, a little songbird and prodigious commuter that flies as far as 6,000 miles a year between Canada and Central America. Emlen put the birds in a planetarium and studied their reaction to fall star patterns. To his surprise, the birds seemed to ignore the artificial heavens on the planetarium dome. Outside it was spring, and the birds always tried to head north...
Something was obviously overriding the instructions provided by the planetarium stars. To test his hunch, Emlen began exposing the birds to periods of simulated daylight that lengthened faster than natural days. Within weeks he succeeded in advancing their biological clocks by six months. Though it was only spring at Cornell, the buntings showed physiological preparations for fall migration. Next Emlen exposed the birds to spring star patterns, which should have dictated a northward passage. But the birds seemed determined to fly south, as if it were fall...
...Indoor Athletic Building from 8 to 10:30 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday. Track facilities at Brigg's Cage will be open to Cliffies who have pre-registered at Radcliffe Gym. Girls may also use rowing facilities at Wed Boat House after they have registered and passed a swim test for sailing...