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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this points to a conclusion that should have been obvious to such sophisticated observers as Miss Thompson and Mr. Smith. Justice does not rest on due process alone. There must also be good laws and intelligent interpretations. It is obvious that the admirable use of the due process has here been used to cover up a poor interpretation of competence. Adherence to a belief does not, in itself, render a man incompetent to teach. Only when he subverts the spirit of objective inquiry to a belief does the teacher become incompetent. And that condition can only be determined...
Perhaps San Ludovico did not represent Donatello's art at its best, but the soft-flowing vestments, meditative young head, and miter adorned with crystals and blue enameling looked good to U.S. gallerygoers. Their money looked mighty good to the Italians who would use it to restore war-damaged landmarks back in Florence. "The art of Florence belongs to the whole world," said one of them last week and, so the world should contribute...
...with radiation. Last week the Atomic Energy Commission called a conference in Washington of sanitary engineers and sewage and water supply experts from all over the U.S. There is no reason to get panicky, the AEC said in its best scientific manner, but the U.S. must realize that the use of radioactive substances is increasing rapidly. Public health authorities must familiarize themselves with radioactivity as a regular problem. In the curriculum of the atomic age, said AEC Chairman David E. Lilienthal, radiation "has become a kind of fourth...
...deal with the wave of future radiation, sanitary engineers should have Geiger counters and know how to use them. They will have to watch carefully all producers and users of radioactive material. They will have to make plumbers wear rubber gloves when cleaning "active" drain traps. They must test rivers, water supplies and sewers to make sure that no radioactivity has slipped...
...second decisive event came when he decided to invent, for use in short stories, a scientific method of crime detection based on the deduction-by-observation habits of Professor Bell. He sketched out a short novel called A Tangled Skein, involving a detective named Sherrinford Holmes and a narrator named Ormond Sacker. Finally, because it sounded better, he changed Sherrinford to Sherlock, and Ormond Sacker to the simpler name of Dr. John Watson. He changed the story's title to A Study in Scarlet. Publishers Ward, Locke & Co. bought it outright (for ?25) and published it in their Christmas...