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Meteorites consist of pieces of cosmic matter which reach the Earth's surface. If the matter does not reach the surface, it is called a meteor. Meteors are the "shooting stars" seen in the night sky which result from the vaporization of bits of cosmic matter...
...information about the past can be gained by examining meteorites, Marvin says. Since cosmic rays continually bombard meteors in space, researchers can determine the age of meteors by using radioactive isotope dating techniques. This dating method allows scientists to infer what conditions prevailed when the sun and earth were formed, Marvin says...
...third suggestion, the Overpowering Assumption, I think, is best. Best not for the reasons he suggests--that the assumption is so cosmic that it might be accepted. It is rarely "accepted"; we aren't here to accept or reject, we're here to be amused. The more dazzling, personal, unorthodox, paradoxic your assumptions (paradoxes are not equivocations), the more interesting an essay it is likely to be. (If you have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we all like to be called "assistants," not "graders"--you may be able to ferret...
THERE IS A THIRD METHOD of dealing with examination questions--that is by the use of the overpowering assumption, an assumption so cosmic that it is sometimes accepted. For example, we wrote that it was pretty obvious that the vague generality was the key device in any discussion of examination writing. Why is it obvious? As a matter of fact it isn't obvious at all, but just an arbitrary point from which to start. That is an example of an unwarranted assumption...
Some Harvard Yale fans have credited the cosmic aspects of this certain Saturday to the high quality of the football. Both coaches and both teams have certainly sweated long and hard over drills and diagrams, and deserve the backing of the fans. But this year, as in many years past, both teams are slamming each other to gain next-to-last place in a slightly dubious Big Three championship. The men who left the middle West for Harvard Stadium this week could have seen a finer brand of football by staying home...