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...atom is the neutron, the uncharged building block of the nucleus. To explain its lack of electrical charge, nuclear physicists have long supposed that the particle is made up of a tiny, positively charged core surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged mesons. These two charges were thought to cancel each other out, producing the neutral neutron...
...national civil rights legislation passed this summer, the Housing Bill is a definite move forward and probably will be further strengthened. The old and specious shibboleth advanced by the Real Estate Board--that the bill violates "fundamental rights of the owners of private property"--has not served to cancel more basic claims of racial equality. The city has established, at least in principle, that its sizable minority groups will be protected in their efforts to improve their living conditions. Furthermore, any future breakdown of housing segregation will be doubly advantageous, since it will help break down the unofficial school segregation...
...defenses. But in the past the U.S. has "offered" to defend Europe. The Europeans, who have a quick ear for the unsaid, are well aware that for the U.S.'s own defense, the U.S. now "has to" have Europe's geography if its IRBMs are to cancel out the threat of Russia's ICBMs...
Secretary of State Dulles said a definite announcement will be made in two or three days on whether or not the president will cancel his special trip to Paris...
...rate agreeable to lender and borrower (though in practice the rate usually is 6%, and is often less), charges only about half FHA's ½% service rate, decides on a mortgage in about three days v. FHA's four to eight weeks. It allows the lender to cancel his mortgage insurance at any time without FHA's penalty. Unlike FHA, it waives all deficiency claims, i.e., claims for the balance of the mortgage after the foreclosed property has been sold. Says President Karl: "FHA has done wonderful things for housing. But in this prosperous economy of ours...