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...profound or ritualistic dogma; it is not a conquest built upon mechanical logic; it is the philosophy of a happy man expounded for everyman. In the book there are many truisms and many time worn panaceas for the jaded spirit, but they are set forth with a vigor and a clarify that lend a new vitality to them. Mr. Russell also draws from his large experience to give timely suggestions and advice, that will be valuable to the few who follow...
...masculine. The normal cortex seems to control cellular growth throughout the body. Hence the experimental use of a blind extract to treat cancer (TIME, Feb. 24 et seq.}. The medulla secretes epinephrine, hormone which affects blood pressure. In some way it influences the skin color and possibly muscular vigor. That is one reason why most physiologists have believed that disease of the medulla was the main cause of Addison's disease. But the Swingle-Pfiffner hormone, extracted from the suprarenal cortex of cattle, seems to prove the cortex much more important than the medulla. If the medulla decays...
What the nearing completion of the House Plan, it is probable that these latest rumblings indicate a new vigor. Money for purposes other than building dormitories will again be available and the chapel project must necessarily receive a new vitality. The known facts of the true situation are characteristically vague beyond the fact that the new edifice will occupy most of the space between Widener and Appleton chapel and that it is supposed to be built on a scale to "balance" the library...
...York Stock Exchange last week copper shares, long since pounded into sprawling recumbence by reduced dividends and vanishing margins of profit, suddenly whipped out of their lethargy, soared in a manner reminiscent of the 1928 and 1929 bull markets. Probably a sleeping short interest added vigor to the move. But ultimately behind it was a curious, daring action on the part of the copper producers...
...Student Council seems to be showing signs of activity in dealing with problems which are continually coming up in connection with the House Plan. This apparent vigor, indeed surprising in view of the lethargic inertia which has been so characteristic of the Student Council in the past few years, may well be productive of substantial results, if the proposed investigations are carried out seriously and with a real desire to help solve the questions under fire...