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...Post-canoe Aristotle thought the baby was formed entirely of menstrual blood, a notion still held by certain moderns, including the Maoris. Not till the 17th Century did Swammerdam show that in conception it was necessary for the male fluid to make contact with the female, a heresy that outraged certain authorities of his time who argued that fertilization by the male was not necessary; not till the 18th Century were male germ cells discovered; only within living memory has the fusion of male and female germ cells been demonstrated...
TIME, March 25, made some rather misleading statements regarding "Bebop" music, Harry ("The Hipster") Gibson, "Slim" Gaillard, and modern jazz in general. The impression you gave was that all lovers of hot jazz are zoot-suited marijuana-smoking characters who stay up till the wee hours of the morning saying: "Zoot! You're as mellow as a cello, 'gator, let's have some mellow-rooney jive...
Chances are that ICC will give the roads a freight rate increase, although not till after hearings. And it will probably be whittled down to somewhere around 18% to 20%. ICC will probably point out that the roads are not as badly off as they seem, because: 1) the railroads, hard hit by the wartime excess-profits tax, will get large refunds under the carryback if taxable earnings drop sharply; 2) fixed charges will be some $100 million less than in 1941; 3) railroad debt has been steadily reduced during the war years...
Victor in a field of 17 competitors, Tech was trailing Eli till the last two races in the afternoon when the Engineer's coach Doc Lukens turned the trick by substituting a fresh helm man. The Crimson A and B teams turned in a rather weak 4th and 8th respectively. Paul M. van Buren '46 and Alex Ogilby '47 comprised the first crew, while Hilary H. Smart '47 and Owen G. Torrey '47 competed in the B division races...
...that a U.S. geologist, studying the trackless Montana for a possible railroad, spotted from the air what has since been described as the nearest thing to a perfect geological oil dome. A 2,800-mile supply line up the Amazon, oil diplomacy, and proliferating jungle postponed the payoff till 1939. Then Ganso Azul drilled a well that was a honey: 750 barrels a day. Thenceforth, the problem was not producing but selling...