Word: cometted
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...senior, carefully trained his homemade 8-in. telescope on a northeastern sector of the star-sprinkled sky. Now and then he paused to check his notes with fellow sky-watcher Karl Krienke, 24, a math teacher at Seattle Pacific College. They were compiling a log-speed, appearance, location-on Comet 1955F, and their unmistakable pride came from the fact that they had just discovered the new comet themselves...
Actually, they officially shared astronomical honors with a Russian professional, A. M. Bakharev, who had reported seeing Comet 1955F 17 hours ahead of them, thanks to the difference in time...
...sort of burns me up, the Russians being first," said Macfarlane. "But we shouldn't complain. It isn't everybody that even co-discovers a comet...
Back came confirmation and congratulations on finding the sixth new comet of the year. Amateurs Macfarlane and Krienke were making no plans to turn pro. Nevertheless, Macfarlane last week bought a 10-in. lens, planned to put together a bigger telescope to replace his old $150 eight-incher. "It's something - all those billions of miles of unknown space out there. And the comet - that's just about the most beautiful thing I ever...
...souls by July 1, 1956. This theophanous request-especially with a deadline-might give pause to many a lesser man, but it is made to order for the special talents of the Rev. Oral Roberts, 37-year-old evangelist and faith healer and the U.S.'s newest religious comet...