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...that this is not enough. The soil must also have a good "structure," i.e., its particles must cling together in crumblike "aggregates." Without such crumbs, a soil containing much clay or silt will "slake" when wet, turning into sticky mud. Then as it dries, it develops a hard, dense crust that kills seedlings, resists tillage, and keeps needed water and air from penetrating the surface...
...Krilium-treated soil, according to Monsanto, is easier to cultivate because it does not get sticky even when very wet. It holds more water than untreated soil, and so resists drought. No hard crust forms, and no clods; intractable clay or silt soil treated with Krilium behaves like a mellow loam full of organic matter...
...Wilson Observatory has observed that "galaxies tend to double the distance between themselves every 1,300 years," which suggests that "some 10 billion years back in time these galaxies were all compressed in a relatively close space. This and the calculable age of the earth's solid crust and the age of meteorites and the oscillations of star systems add nothing to what the Christian learns in the first verse of Genesis...
...humiliation of his last days at school, a simple act of kindness changes The Crock's life. A pupil (Brian Smith) astonishes him by presenting a parting gift, a copy of the Agamemnon in the Robert Browning translation. This gesture pierces The Crock's outer crust and strikes an emotional gusher. With the help of Rattigan's facile plotting, it leads to the wife's comeuppance at the hands of her lover and, finally, to a rebellious upsurge of self-respect in The Crock...
Party Going is shy of plot, even for plot-shy Henry Green. Seven bright young crumbs from the British upper crust set out for a holiday in France; they never get there. A dense fog anchors them to a London terminal-and four hours of each other's clabbering company. The rich and amiable sponsor of the party, Max Adey, wangles hotel rooms to wait in, and they go for each other, hammers & tongues...