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...soon after the blast as anyone was sufficiently composed to consult the seismograph, the investigators discovered the presence of an entirely new wave which no one had heretofore expected from even the most scrupulous of predictions. Leet christened the new wave the "hydrodynamic wave" because of its similarity to the motion of a ripple on an aqueous surface...
...pillar's yard-square tip, 60 feet above the earth, Simeon could pray or preach as he chose. In actual fact he spent much time and energy corresponding with Christendom's leaders, settling individual and tribal disputes, dispensing personal counsel (men, but no women, might consult him privately). When he died in 459, Simeon the Stylite held an influential place in the early Christian church, and his holy example soon dotted the plains of Syria and upper Mesopotamia with anchorite-bearing pillars...
...Among the most promising: the radioactive elements from the uranium-plutonium piles at Hanford, Washington. But when U.S. industry asked the Army for more information, it got a brisk, firm "No!" One rejected applicant was W. G. Green, president of Well Surveys Inc. of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He wanted to consult "some technically qualified person" about using radioactive synthetics in the oil-well testing business. He got the brush...
...riled most tempers in Montreal. There the International Air Transport Association, with representatives of 44 airlines of 24 nations, was soberly discussing fare agreements to prevent cutthroat rate wars on international routes. They had just agreed to consult each other in fixing fares when Pan Am's bombshell exploded, disrupting discussions for a day. The baffled airmen felt that their cozy talk of fare fixing-and most thought Pan Am's new fare far too low-were just words in the teeth of a gale...
...administration of this ruling is still in a formative stage, however, and new regulations may come along at any time. On the whole, any student who gets an induction order during this term had probably better consult me, and that is most easily done by calling at the Lowell House secretary's office, AA entry, between 2:30 and 5 in the afternoon. In some cases where the situation is not obviously within the provisions of this new regulation, it may prove worth while to ask the board for consideration. Elliott Perkins, War Service Adviser...