Word: dust
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...huge bonfires of joy died down in the cities of the Congo. The drums and tom-toms grew quiet. The last writhing dancers fell exhausted in the dust. The wild intoxication of newly won independence was over, and last week the monstrous hangover began...
Under the dust-red light of a nearly full moon, thousands of Europeans flocked to the "Beach," the starting point of ferries making the two-mile run across the mighty river to Brazzaville in French Congo. Normally, the ferries operate only in daylight to avoid being swept downstream into the perilous rapids, but the terrified whites crowded onto paddle-wheel steamers, motorboats, skiffs-anything that would float-in their panicky flight...
...close clus ters of galaxies for evidence that some of them may have collided in the past. Sure enough, such cluster galaxies contained few of the young stars of Population I, meaning that they had indeed collided. During the encounter, their stars inter-passed without individual collisions, but the dust and gas between them was combed out. Conclusion: galaxies that have collided contain no material to gather into youthful, fast-burning, quick-dying stars of Population...
...chiefly in the outer spiral arms of a galaxy. Population II, of which the sun is a member, contains the less spectacular stars that make up most of any given galaxy's central disk. Baade concluded that the stars of Population I were recently formed out of cosmic dust and gas, and that they are rapidly burning themselves out. The stars of Population II are much older, dating back to the formation of the galaxy. Most of them will shine almost unchanged for billions of years...
Automatic Door Bottom. A gadget that automatically shuts off under-door drafts, dust and noise was put on sale by Minneapolis' Reese Metal Weatherstrip Co. Easily fitted onto wooden doors, the device has a torsion spring that automatically retracts a felt-edged aluminum bar when the door opens, allowing the door to swing freely over carpets or rugs, then forces the bar snugly against the threshold when it closes. Price: $2.75 to $3.45, depending on size and color...