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...Heisenberg reportedly proposes to add a third unit of measure to both Planck's constant ("the quantum of action'') and the fixed velocity of light, which Einstein used in formulating his Special Theory of Relativity, the structure of space and time. Said Heisenberg: "There must be still a third such natural unit of measurement which is conceived in present-day atomic physics as a length of the atomic order of magnitude-for example, the size of the diameter of simple atomic nuclei. The goal of atomic theory would be reached if one succeeded in stating a mathematical...
...inexpensive," and consist of "a substantial and visible" chunk of bread. The association ruled out "materials normally regarded as expensive or luxurious, such as smoked salmon, oysters, caviar, lobster, game, asparagus, pate de foie gras," as well as "overgenerous or lavish helpings which affect the money value of the unit." Carriers that have been serving just such lavish sandwiches consoled themselves by reflecting that the ruling, after all, did not affect the chef's imagination. Said a spokesman for one: "We'll serve what we've been serving even if we have to roll...
...time you form an active unit of this sort, I should like to be considered for membership."--Herbert J. Redfern, Keene Teachers College, Keene, New Hampshire...
...Brotherhood unit is needed at Harvard to enrich the religious life there and to lay the foundation for an enriched religious life when college days are over. Every Harvard man owes it to himself, to his family, and to the community in which he will live after graduation to look into the merits of the new Brotherhood Movement. Joseph I. Arnold, Ph.D. '34 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge 38 Telephone: Eliot...
President Eisenhower's recently announced plan to merge the Office of Defense Mobilization with the Office of Civilian Defense Mobilization is one more step in the direction of an efficient and coordinated military structure. Up until now, the ODM has been a small unit with a $3.5 million budget and 240 employees. A holdover from Truman's War Mobilization Board, it has been mainly concerned with standby plans for industry and, to a small extent, with stockpiling...