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Since this is supposedly a fable now is time to wax philosophical and draw political ramifications from this story, plaining how this all ties in to putting Christ back in Christmas, and crush Nixon's empire. But I think all that is fectly clear. What isn't so clear is war happened to Miss Davis...

Author: By Ellen A. Cooper, | Title: Pax in Terra: Even to You, Miss Davis | 12/20/1973 | See Source »

That avalanche continued to crush Army all the way through to the number nine Cadet. But as Barnaby politely put it, "We had a little edge in what you might call sophistication...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Racquetmen Smash Hapless Army, 9-0 | 12/17/1973 | See Source »

Bryant said Amtrak expected the "heaviest crush" on the runs between New York, Philadelphia and Washington. He said that travelers still hoping to reserve seats should do so immediately...

Author: By Peter Y. Solmssen, | Title: Amtrak Fears Holiday Crush; Buses Report Ample Capacity | 12/11/1973 | See Source »

...which Papadopoulos, a former army man, had unceremoniously dumped the monarchy last June and then purged the navy's upper ranks. The army, in turn, felt that Papadopoulos was betraying the nationalist goals of the 1967 revolution and turning himself into a dictator. When he used tanks to crush the student rioting, the army leadership felt humiliated in the eyes of the Greek people. By the time he fell last week, George Papadopoulos had few friends left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Another Junta in Athens | 12/10/1973 | See Source »

...enough -at least three times as massive as the sun-it will eventually die in a grand cataclysm. As its nuclear fires begin to burn out, the stellar gases, no longer supported by heat and radiation, begin falling toward the star's core. Moving at tremendous velocities, they crush together, forming a sphere only two or three miles across, so dense that each cubic inch of material weighs trillions of tons. The small sphere has a gravitational field so strong that no radiation -even light-can escape from what has become a totally invisible "black hole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Discovering a Black Hole | 12/10/1973 | See Source »

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