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Writing in Scientific American, two astronomers-Briton Martin Ryle and American Allan R. Sandage-theorize that Hoyle's steady-state universe does not jibe with cosmic fact. Rather, their findings support the rival evolutionary theory that the universe is expanding from its beginnings as a dense state of matter. The evolutionary theory also holds that the universe once expanded at a faster rate than now. Hoyle believes that the universe has always expanded at a constant rate...
...males and with downright enthusiasm by the females." In Gig Harbor, Wash, a high-school student won an award in the Betty Crocker "American Homemaker of Tomorrow" contest, took her British home-economics teacher along on the winning trip to Washington, D.C., Williamsburg and Philadelphia. "It was," said the Briton later, "one of those things that could only have happened in this fabulous country...
...games began, Dotty was ready. Once more she was edged out of first place. (It took her one extra jump to clear the winning height of 5 ft. 6⅛ in., exactly ⅛in. over her head.) But her name remains on the record books. She is the only Briton who holds an Olympic record...
...Vastly surprised to find himself leading Wimbledon Champion Lew Hoad in the semi-finals of England's Midland Counties tennis championship, a 19-year-old Briton named Michael Davies was moved to try an ingenious bit of gamesmanship; he walked around the net to say that he was defaulting. Prevailed upon to change his mind, Davies went back to whip the startled Aussie, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. After that Davies had nothing left. In the finals he lost to South Africa's Trevor Fancutt...
...Britons saw their first Report from America last February. Called Roads and Traffic, it opened with a shot of a London policeman writing out a parking ticket for some hapless Briton, switched to a Manhattan policeman doing the same thing for a glum American motorist. There were the nerve-jarring traffic jams as well as the glossy six-lane highways, and the whole was pleasantly salted with a wry and unpretentious commentary. Reaction was immediate. "An outstanding event," said the Sunday Times. "Visual journalism at its best," said the South Wales Echo. "A winner," said the London Evening News. Just...