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...fact, after the newly invented telescope showed man that the planets were not simply flecks of light, it became quite fashionable to regard all of them as inhabited. The 18th century astronomer Johann Elert Bode, author of Bode's Law (each planet is roughly twice as far from the sun as the previous one), contended that the same mathematical proportions held for the spirituality of their inhabitants. Thus, by Bode's reckoning, Martians, on the fourth planet from the sun, were considerably more spiritual than the people on the third (earth...
...based his appeal on his long time opposition to the interests of the Virginia Power Company, the banks and corrupt politicians. (One of his alternate slogans in 1969 went "Henry Howell Don't Owe Nothing to Nobody.") That this sort of consumer populism could succeed may bode very badly for conservatives. Party lines are breaking up on other issues besides race...
McCurdy said he felt the GBC win bode well for the big three race this weekend. "Koerner ran a very fine race as did Quirk. And Rojas' comeback will be a big factor," he said...
Several decisive factors in Harvard's win over Penn bode well for the Crimson's chances tonight. The defense avoided some of the glaring errors that have given away goals all season and held a fairly high-scoring Penn team to one goal. A strong skating third line may have finally emerged in Tommy Paul, Jay Riley, and Bobby Havern. And Harvard's penalty killing so thoroughly stymied the Penn power play that Harvard outscored the Quakers while short-handed...
...place where alienation is so widespread as to preclude any real human contact. True or not, this fear is at the heart of our apocalyptic visions-and the ease with which we believe that the world depicted by this film is already close at hand does not bode terribly well for the future...