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...book's most celebrated contributor is Winston Cliurchill (a clever politician-journalist-historian), who in one variant of history did not die of prison fever during the Boer War, but went on to become a heroic brandy drinker and Prime Minister. With double irony in his title, Churchill speculates on what might have happened in If Lee Had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg. After Lee's victory, Churchill notes, the Confederate general's brilliant stroke of freeing the slaves cut away the moral underpinning of the Union cause. Could Lee actually have forced such a measure...
...writing in the fifteen essays contained in Science Fiction. Today and Tomorrow, varies from contributor to contributor; from the short, contained prose of Frank Herbert to the philosophic ramblings to Theodore Sturgeon. The book is labelled "A Discursive Symposium" and indeed, it is a comprehensive survey of the field. Frederik Phol and George Zebrowski analyze science fiction in publishing and the visual media Poul Anderson and Hal Clement, in back-to-back essays, explain how writers create imaginary worlds and creatures, drawing on scientific data. And one of the few female science fiction novelists. Anne McCaffrey, examines the lack...
...chief contributor to Harvard's fourth Ivy victory was senior guard Mike Griffin. Averaging just over six points per game entering the contest, Griffin hit for a career high of 17 points against the Yalies, including six of Harvard's first seven...
...alone is listed as the primary cause of only 60,000 deaths a year. But hypertension, which rarely appears on death certificates, is the underlying cause of hundreds of thousands of other deaths. Heart disease will claim an estimated 600,000 Americans in 1975, and hypertension is the major contributor to heart disease. Strokes will hit an estimated 2 million Americans and kill some 200,000 this year; hypertension is the leading cause of stroke. Kidney disease may account for as many as 60,000 deaths in 1975; hypertension is the major contributor to kidney disease. An untreated hypertensive...
...that seems to be Penn's basic problem. Both Haigler and John Engles, a regular 16 points contributor maintain a 50 points-plus shooting percentage. But the guards, Bob Bigelow and John Beecroft, both excellent shooters themselves, have been playing like separate entities...