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Four times in the first two pages she uses the word "mystery." With a kind of metaphysical awe she notes that there are 228 muscles in the head of a caterpillar, 6 million leaves on a big elm, 14 billion root hairs on a rye plant. Then she drops her bomb on Eden: Why? "My God what a world. There is no accounting for one second of it," she cries. "The question from agnosticism is, Who turned on the lights? The question from faith is, Whatever...
...Track Ventures. To be sure, American trains today are among the world's worst. From the Toonerville trolleys of commuterdom to the fusty relics that creak round the continent, they presently offer only slightly more attractive transportation than a Caterpillar tractor. Railroad managements generally, and frequently their employees, make no secret of their disdain for the passenger; the big money has always been in freight, real estate, mining and other off-track ventures. In the classic words of James Hill, a 19th century president of the old Great Northern, "A passenger train is like the male teat-neither useful...
Still, a lot depends upon the weather this winter--and Eckstein's computer can't forecast that. The wooly caterpillar--perhaps the most accurate weather forecaster in recent years--is said to have had especially thick rings this year, indicating a reversal in the warming trend of the past few winters. If the caterpillar is right, the nation could face very serious fuel problems in coming months...
AFTER SUFFERING through several exasperatingly mild winters, New England skiers may be heartened to learn that Mother Nature has boldly predicted a return to the traditional Nor'easter style for this year: The wooly caterpillar, whose razor thin rings have so accurately forecasted the balmy winters which have plagued New England in the early seventies, checked in this fall with the largest and thickest rings in memory. Northeastern chipmunks and other small furry creatures are reported to have grown especially thick coats in preparation for this winter. And Clark's Trained Bears in Lincoln, N.H. has said that...
...vision by drawing an impressive $15.5 million to date. Cinderella, presently in rerelease, has grossed $17.5 million in four circuits. A few years ago, one Disney employee confessed that Alice in Wonderland had never been re-released because latter-day misinterpretations might tarnish the Disney image; the Caterpillar, for instance, loftily puffing on his hookah, now looks suspiciously-well, stoned...