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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Russia's internal and international problems; 2) find out what some of Russia's top figures have been doing - from accounts of special decorations they have received, plus prior knowledge of their activities; 3) get some idea of the state of the Russian economy by noting where various plans have succeeded or failed of fulfillment; 4) learn the current party attitude toward nations and movements within those nations by the choice of news to be printed from abroad...
...Pleasant Smoke. A sacred creed of most doctors-that smoking is bad for diseased hearts-was disputed by Dr. Robert L. Levy and a group of colleagues at Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Levy's group found that patients with various heart diseases who smoked two cigarets in succession showed no harmful effects. Smoking raised their blood pressure and heart rate, but no more than their usual daily emotional experiences...
Power supply is no problem. Colonel McCutcheon describes the various reaction engines which will power guided missiles, at least until atomic propulsion is perfected. Best known is the familiar turbojet. A compressor draws air through the engine's nose. Burning fuel heats and expands it. The hot blast roars out the tail at over 1,000 miles an hour, giving a mighty push. Before the gases reach the open, they spin a turbine, which powers the compressor...
Equipped with either jets or rocket engine motors (or a combination), World War Ill's guided missiles will have power to drive them at thousands of miles an hour. No engineer doubts this. The problem of how to guide them is more difficult. Colonel McCutcheon outlines various possibilities...
Director Bill Bingham and his assistants have organized a full program of sports which includes intramural softball and baseball, tennis, rowing, volley ball, and swimming. In addition, depending on the demand, an informal "all-star" nine will be hand-picked by intramural director Dolph Samborski from the various House teams. This squad will take on whatever local collegiate competition is available...