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Even the old Air America routes in Laos have been partly taken over by Soviet pilots in Antonov-12s. There have been reports that some of the pilots supplement their income by smuggling Laotian gold into Viet Nam. Observed a cynical military attaché: "Without the Russians it would be almost impossible to move around the greater Vietnamese Empire, er, excuse me, the Greater Indochina Co-Prosperity Sphere...
Investigators theorize that as the plane rolled down the runway, the pylon wiggled and vibrated far more than normal. Why is not yet known; the cracks in the plate may have caused-or been caused by-the vibration. In any case, the stress snapped the rear "attach" bolt and it fell out. The remaining bolts could not hold the 20 tons of thrust being generated by the General Electric CF6 engine. It yanked itself and the pylon loose from the wing and took...
...Basic cable. For a one-time fee averaging $15, the cable company that has the franchise for the subscriber's area will run a wire from the nearest telephone pole into the house and attach it to the back of the TV set, much as the Bell System installs a new phone. For a monthly fee averaging $7, the viewer can watch up to 36 channels, vs. a maximum of twelve on a set wired to a rooftop antenna. The cable brings in sharp, clear pictures and often enables a viewer to pick up out-of-the-area stations...
Living quietly in the depths for millenniums, blissfully unaware of the scientific quarrels about them, the worms attach themselves to rock walls and form their tough, flexible nylon-like housing as they grow. They have no eyes, mouth or gut, and absorb nutrients and oxygen through their elegant snouts. Especially fascinating to scientists is the fact that there is apparently no food shortage in this extraordinary unique ecological niche. The warming waters of undersea hot springs serve up a rich diet of bacteria and other microorganisms...
This point leads to a third. The widely publicized so-called "reform" of the Core curriculum at Harvard was largely motivated, according to the faculty, by growing concerns about the ethical content of a Harvard College education. It's been asserted that the Harvard stamp should attach only to humans capable of thinking in value-terms and able to make responsible, value-laden decisions, which we all must do every day. A University which, in its operations in the world, fails to struggle with the practice of what it "preaches" in its classrooms, truly exposes its freedom and independence...