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...survive it will need shelters for birds, animals, and plants, as well as for people. After the battle, according to John A. McCone, an estimated 40 crops will have to be raised and discarded before the radiation in the soil can be brought within "acceptable limits." But before the 41st harvest, most people will die of starvation or radiation poisoning. The alternative, according to the federal government, is to scrape off the topsoil, with large earth moving equipment--such as motorizer scrapers and motor graders." Naturally this presupposes a plentiful supply of motor vehicles, gasoline, trained vehicle operators, food...
...years ago Yale crushed Harvard, 41 to 14. Forty of the Elis' points were not particularly galling--after all, the Bulldogs only lost two games that fall, and no one had given the Crimson much of a chance to contain them. But the 41st point touched off a dispute that threatened for a while to strain relations between the two old rivals...
...town of Pekin, on the Illinois River. The place had been known as Townsite. When the citizens could not agree on a new name, they asked the wife of a local army major to make the choice. She took a map, traced her finger along between the 40th and 41st parallels till she came to a likely name. It was Peking, China. Translated to Pekin, it calls itself "the Celestial City," sports a Chinese dragon in its parades. The high school football team is dubbed, naturally, "the Chinks...
...news side: George A. Cornish, 58, a Tribune veteran of 37 years, taking the title with him. In as the paper's new managing editor and vice president: Fendall Winston Yerxa, 46, the Trib's city editor for three years before he left the city room on 41st Street...
Yale crushed Harvard, 41 to 14, in 1952. Forty of the Elis' points were not particularly galling--after all, the Bulldogs had lost only two games that fall, and no one had given the Crimson much of a chance of contain them. But the 41st point touched off a dispute that threatened for a while to strain relations between the two old rivals, and gave Boston sports writers an unparalled chance to poke fun at the Crimson squad...