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...from spent on Guadalcanal. The Japs had planned a pincer; they would probably not abandon their plan easily, and early this week they made new landings to try to carry it out. But, far from crunching in on Henderson Field, they had seen the U.S. beachhead expand its width within the jaws of their pincer from eight miles to 16 miles...
Almost every conceivable measurement from the length of a man's nose to the width of his feet is recorded by Dr. Carl C. Seltzer, the anthropologist. The student's height, standing up, sitting, and lying down are noted, as well as his lung capacity...
Variety's other awards showed a healthy width of horizon...
...Brazilian snake Oxybelis acuminatus mimics a liana (vine) so closely that it is but a quarter-inch in diameter though four feet long. It is thus 160 times as long as its greatest width...
...sterling silver, with three handles and is 11 1-4 inches in height and 9 1-4 inches in width across the top. It will remain in competition for twenty-six years, from 1941 through 1966, with the name of each year's winner to be engraved on the side. The cup will succeed the Carroll Challenge Cup, which has been presented to the winner of the Single Scull Championship of the University for the past forty-six years and which was retired...