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...extraordinarily rare. Although an estimated 3,000 metric tons of meteoric dust falls to Earth each year, only about 100 meteorites of any substance make it through the atmosphere. Typically, only five of these will be made of iron and therefore "less prone to break up," says Alex Bevan, Curator of Mineralogy and Meteoritics at the Western Australian Museum. More than half shoot harmlessly into the sea; individuals large enough to gouge a Wolfe Creek arrive - fortunately for us - about once every 50,000 years. The Earth's surface has "fewer than 20 craters associated with remnants of the projectile...
...Bevan Thomas came off the bench to score 11 of his 16 points in the second half as BC overcame a long-range shooting barrage by Bryce Drew. Danya Abrams also scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the fifth-seeded Eagles...
...manufacturing company, and the De Beers diamond concern. The divestiture, which followed a gradual reduction of the British bank's holdings in Barclays National to 40.4% by last year, was made in the face of rising worldwide sentiment against apartheid and doing business in South Africa. Said Sir Timothy Bevan, chairman of Barclays: "I'm not a coward, but it's no good being totally brave and unrealistic. World opinion is important. It affects commerce...
When Disraeli was asked to distinguish a misfortune from a calamity, he was inspired: "If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune, and if anyone pulled him out, that, I suppose, would be a calamity." Some English insults are sharp. Nye Bevan on Anthony Eden: "The juvenile lead." Some are odd. Charles Kingsley called Shelley "a lewd vegetarian." It sounds interesting but is difficult to picture. The top of the line was created by John Wilkes for the Earl of Sandwich...
...POWER WITH SOCIALIST POLICIES! NO CRUISE MISSILES HERE! U.S. HANDS OFF EL SALVADOR! Militant speakers went on to protest Prince Charles' upcoming wedding as a lavish indulgence at a time of high unemployment. Complained one: "This flaunting of wealth is obscene." Finally, with a lordly flourish, Andy Bevan, 29, the Young Socialists' national secretary, sounded the clarion call: "Comrades! We're at the beginning of the beginning. We see the workers flexing their muscles against unemployment and mass misery. They seek a workers' democracy like Lenin and Trotsky sought to build...