Word: buts
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But in a million, billion, billion
Frank Trippett's Essay [Oct. 29] on astounding numbers was excellent. But how could he possibly leave out one of the most intriguing units of measurement known to man, the light-year-the distance that light travels in one year's time?
If we feel that we must decide between eating plants or eating animals [Nov. 5], then we should avoid eating plants and indeed cherish them with loving care. Plants not only produce all the food for both themselves and animals but also keep the oxygen supply of the earth constant...
A motorist compelled by the urgent and forgettable business that seems to possess most people behind steering wheels could speed right past the six acres of oak ridge plots, as oblivious as a sinner out of Pilgrim's Progress. But if the wayfarer is inspired to take a sideways...
Death, Arnold Toynbee once said, is unAmerican. But not today. Death-education courses now abound all over the country for college, high school and elementary students. Their philosophy parallels the one that is used to justify sex education courses-talk about a subject that has been nearly taboo, and therefore...