Word: turning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...turn last week of Joseph B. Keenan, first Assistant to the Attorney General and a political specialist in the Janizariat, to repeat what has become the official story about a Third Term: that Franklin Roosevelt would run again "if needed." The Keenan version: "Americans can be of good cheer, for I am sure if the occasion arises where any star of liberal leadership becomes dimmed, we can rely upon that one great American to continue the battle. . . . He will not see the humane policies which he has instituted perish...
...temporary improvement in hearing frequently occurred. Dr. Culler confirmed and explained this phenomenon. Studying X-rayed dogs, he found that the irradiation weakened the pituitary control of the pancreas, which thereupon released more insulin in the blood. The insulin excess lowered the blood's sugar content, which in turn lowered the density and viscosity of the fluids in the hearing mechanism of the inner ear. The ear thereby became more susceptible to sound vibrations...
...years before the Civil War, Amory Houghton invested his money in a glass factory at Somerville, Mass. Eleven years before the turn of the century Michael Owens, tired of blowing glass with his lungs, invented a machine to do it for him. From Houghton's investment grew Corning Glass Works; from Owens' invention, Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Last week, after seven years' experimenting, these two famed oldsters fostered a wonder-child-Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., the first U. S. glass company devoted to the manufacture of textiles...
Harvard's group must turn elsewhere for its reason for existence. One important function is the production of undergraduate plays; but lacking suitable ones, it still serves a purpose by staging other unusual or interesting works which might otherwise go unproduced. A second function is actual experience, otherwise unavailable at Harvard, in acting, producing, and stage setting. A final and not most unimportant purpose, according to Sir Cedric Hardwicke, is recreation--dramatics for the love...
...question of the University's tax-exemption was a burning one at the turn of the century as well as today, and Hull remembers being assigned by his managing editor to go down to City Hall and get material for a special article on the subject. Nothing came of the agitation by Cambridge officials at this time...