Word: collectable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Trained Dust. In further experiments, Mason showed that some kinds of common natural dust can be "trained" to collect ice. Particles of kaolinite (common in clays) do not act as ice-forming nuclei above 16° F., which is colder than the tops of many clouds. But when kaolinite particles have once had ice crystals on them, and when this ice has evaporated, they are able to form fresh crystals in clouds no colder than...
...church at Kells was surrendered to the Crown, but the book somehow got into the hands of a Dubliner named Gerald Plunket, who is believed to have been a distant relative of the last abbot. Later it was acquired by Anglican Bishop James Ussher, commissioned by James I to collect the historic treasures of the church. On Aug. 24, 1621, the good bishop duly noted that he had "reckoned the leaves of the booke and found them to be in number 344." When Ussher died, the manuscript was turned over to Trinity College...
Thus, the Crimson may collect only 80 or so of the 104 points available tonight. In only one event are both coaches going with their first-liners--the hurdles, where the Crimson's versatile Tom Biodgett will face M.I.T.'s talented Ralph Davis in the best race of the evening...
...troops finally got their hands on the fleeing Lumumba, he already was beyond remote Port Francqui, a steamboat stop on the Kasai River, 400 miles from Leopoldville. As angry crowds surrounded the Port Francqui police station shouting "Judas" and "Traitor," the soldiers wired their army boss to collect Lumumba immediately, or they would shoot him for treason. Sternly, Mobutu sent back word not to harm the prisoner and dispatched a plane to pick him up. "I cannot judge him. He must defend himself before the courts," explained Mobutu...
...largest undergraduate contributions were an anonymous $500 check from Leverett House and a $100 gift from a freshman. These donations helped the drive collect nearly $2000 more than last year's total...