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...north latitude and 50° south latitude?a sweep of about 109 million sq. mi., or nearly 56% of the earth's area. Conceded Hal Sierra, one of the technicians monitoring Skylab's death throes from the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center near Houston: "We're balancing on a knife edge???but we're not sure where the knife...
...order, but it is far from clear yet whether the Society of Jesus is at the far edge???or merely in the eye?of the storm...
...France a strong executive, to come to terms with the French colonies' desire for independence without sacrificing a French relationship with them. To achieve these goals, he proceeded to employ his resources (which now included unchallenged legitimacy) according to the rules he had laid down in The Sword's Edge???"economy of force, the necessity of advancing in strength (and, hence, by stages or bounds), surprise for the enemy, security for oneself...
Bingham friends?old Guardsmen Smoot and Edge??? tried to head off the inevitable with substitute resolutions, oblique and apologetic, which "disapproved" of such a transaction without specifically criticizing Senator Bingham. But the Senate, in stern self-righteous mood, rejected them...
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