Buchan's Days

Christmas Days

Some of the achievements at festivities and exhibitions are greeted with surprise. It is not always possible to have the privilege of personal inspection, though those in charge of defectives are usually most ready to give of their precious leisure in showingvisitors what is being done.. The following notes giving different accounts of Christmas activities have been kindly sent to us. They may ...

Sixteen days.

When does a human being begin to exist? We argue that it is possible, through a combination of biological fact and philosophical analysis, to provide a definitive answer to this question. We lay down a set of conditions for being a human being, and we determine when, in the course of normal fetal development, these conditions are first satisfied. Issues dealt with along the way include: modes o...

Flu Days

Shivering, you drag yourself, as if gun-shot, to the living room, to the old movie channel, to a Bogart festival, your mind fogged over (like the street on the screen) edging toward feverish sleep when Bogey snarls at Ida Lupino: “Of all the 14-carat saps...” Hours later when you wake, he’s smacking Peter Lorre: “When you’re slapped, you’ll take it and like it!” And as if cuffed, you black out,...

Jungle Days

First 100 days

Q: How long w i l l i t be before this rou nd o f dow nsiz ing is completed? A: What you arc seeing now is the be g inn ing 'o f the second wave o f downsizing, w h ich really was formalized by the revo lt in Iran. We already had started on the downsiz­ ing. The j cars had already been en­ gineered. We increased the capacity o f those cars — we changed all the plans at that point. W e'll start ...