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...actual ignition is hidden deep within the interstellar clouds. "Nature very discreetly pulls the curtain over the act of birth," says Thaddeus. But the infant star soon makes its presence known, shining through and illuminating the obscuring cloud. This process is occurring in the Orion Nebula (see color page), the illuminated portion of a gigantic cloud of gas and dust that is giving birth to new stars. Some of the stars spawned by the nebula have been formed as recently as the time when the human species first stood upright; the newest offspring are only about 100,000 years...
...Seventy thousand Guallist supporters-the biggest political convention ever-were brought to Paris' Porte de Versailles exhibition hall by ten special trains, 300 buses and charter flights from all over the country. It was an excited, happy crowd of all ages, of men and women, many wearing tri-color emblems or buttons that read: CHIRAC, I BELIEVE IN HIM (Chirac, J'Y Crois). Drawn by the old French hunger for strong chieftains, they had come more for the man himself than for the party. Said a truck driver, beaming: "If we are called, it's because...
...true South African patriot who is deeply committed to the achievement of social and political justice for all the people of his nation, regardless of their color," Thomson said...
...NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART by John Walker. 696 pages. Abrams. $45. For those unable to visit the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., this collection offers a distant second-best tour. Although the 1,028 color plates illustrate the gallery's estimable holdings, many are reproduced in a size somewhat smaller than that of a self-respecting post card. The saving bonus is the lucid running commentary of John Walker, who has been with the museum since its birth...
...correspondence, something will have been lost. Stamps, as this volume demonstrates, have often achieved a rare combination of function and beauty. David Lidman, a former stamps editor for the New York Times, offers a crisp history of franking, from ancient stone tablets to contemporary air mail. The 1,200 color illustrations convey a representative sampling of the good, the odd and the exceptional. Committed collectors may find nothing new here, but the book is ready-made for the Johnny-come-philately...