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...point of casualties, the U.S. in Korea is fighting its fourth biggest war (after the Civil War and the two World Wars). In point of knowledge about the enemy, the U.S. is fighting its most unknown adversary. It is a remarkable fact, for instance, that U.S. intelligence is still not sure who commands the Chinese troops pitted against the U.N. forces...
...drug, Kutrol,* launched last week by Parke, Davis & Co. (the M-G-M of Pharmaceuticals) as a cure for peptic (stomach) ulcers, has passed through all these stages. It was developed by Dr. David J. Sandweiss of Harper Hospital, Detroit, who had noted that pregnancy, for some unknown reason, gives almost certain relief to women with peptic ulcers (TIME, Aug. 15, 1949). Since 80% of all ulcer sufferers are men, who cannot benefit from pregnancy, Dr. Sandweiss prepared an extract of the urine of pregnant mares. He named it "anthelone" (Greek for anti-ulcer), and made a hopeful but guarded...
Duchamp sold three-fourths of his output to them, and him they deem to be "the Giorgione of the 20th Century . . . He remains the unknown soldier of the war for modern art, perhaps because of the smallness of his output." Soldier Duchamp fought his last battle with a piece of canvas some 30 years ago, gave up painting to pursue a greater passion: chess. He has since (TIME, Oct. 31, 1949) become a fair player...
...unknown quantity in the new athletic setup is George Whitney '07, chairman of the newly organized Overseers' Visiting Committee on Athletic Sports. Whitney was instrumental in the appointment of two Harvard coaches in the past, Tom Bolles and Dick Harlow. Neither of these men were Harvard graduates...
Coach Rene Peroy's aggregation shapes up as an average team with the strength of the new sophomores still unknown...