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...another close match, Brooks Harris, Crimson number three out-fought Joe Grubbs, 6-4, 4-6, 8-6. During the match Harris developed a bad blister and was unable to play in the doubles. At four, Conrad Fischer continued his fine play with an easy victory over Bill Bailey, winning...
Professor Wolfe believes that radioactive elements (e.g., uranium and thorium) in the deep rocks gradually release heat. Since rocks are poor heat conductors, the heat cannot easily escape. After millions of years, the temperature rises until a vast blister of hot, expanded rock has formed. If it works its way to the surface, or if cracks appear, the hot rock may liquefy and escape as a volcanic explosion or a quiet outflow of lava...
Volcanic action is not the only solution. Sometimes the hot blister merely keeps on growing slowly without breaking out. When it reaches a new stratum, it "cooks" the rock, driving out the water contained in its crystals. Soluble materials are dissolved in the water. When the water moves, through cracks or other outlets, the minerals in it are deposited, sometimes as valuable ores...
...Wolfe believes that the earth has suffered from this blister disease since its early years. The blisters have invaded all sorts of rocks, cooking out of them the minerals that they contain. He suggests that geologists look for blisters, ancient or modern, and then look for the ore deposits that their cooking has formed...
...also seems likely that the picture will fling somewhat wider the gates of opportunity for Negro entertainers in Hollywood. For in this picture the actors present themselves not merely as racial phenomena but as individuals, and they put across a Carmen that may blister the rear walls of many a movie house...