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...tells of the young Soviet embassy clerk in Ottawa, Igor Gouzenko, who finally sees that his colleagues are seeking to undermine a good country and are getting atomic secrets for reasons other than world peace. Gouzenko steals from the embassy some documentary proof of this and tries to warn the Canadian government. He falls in this, but Gouzenko, wife and child, are rescued in the nick of time from the Russians by the arrival of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. That is the end of the picture...
...atmospheric pressure encourages the flow of gas out of the coal. If the increase is too much for the fans to handle, in poorly ventilated mines, the gas may accumulate until it forms an explosive mixture. He thinks that mine operators should take careful note of the weather and warn their miners to be especially careful when the pressure begins to fall...
...were democrats in 1933 . . . Our spirit has stood a test which not every free citizen would have found easy to meet . . . We know that dictatorship can be beaten only by meeting it before it begins. That is why we are willing to risk everything today .. . But we solemnly warn every democratic citizen of the free world of the urgency of this moment when he must make a good and a clear decision. Otherwise, Berlin will be lost, with only a diplomatic protest as an after-echo." (At the end, the Russian officer is angrily rocking the empty chair beside...
Social climbing is something the doctors specifically warn against: "We have been able to show that among patients with chronic disease in general, with duodenal ulcers and with thyroid disorders there is an unusual number of social climbers and strainers, that is, persons who want to improve their social status...
Reporting of grades to University Hall at midterm will be at the discretion of instructors from now on. They may "report to the Dean's Office a student whose work is unsatisfactory," in order to allow the Office to warn such students...