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...Aurora Borealis is caused by something, presumably hydrogen, that is shot out of sunspots. For one thing, bright auroras generally appear about 15 hours after a sunspot has moved to a point on the sun directly opposite the earth. But proof was lacking; even the brightest auroras were too faint and diffuse to be studied spectrographically by existing instruments. Last week the proof was in hand: a few smudged bands on two photographic plates...
...Korean army for bravery and effectiveness, and exempts its soldiers from the accusation of cruelty heaped upon the police ... It may perhaps, in a measure, be due to the three years' training of the South Korean soldier under capable and understanding American officers and noncommissioned officers. Possibly some faint idea of-I will not say democracy-human fellowship may have seeped...
...flush. Dr. Lincoln notes that the best description of this symptom was given to her by an ex-logger, a 200-lb. man of 65: "Suddenly a wave of heat sweeps up from the soles of my feet to the crown of my head. I get kind of faint and I can't think straght. It only lasts a few seconds." Injections of male sex hormones, Author Lincoln reports, gave him "dramatic relief...
...House, they hoped to control both branches of the incoming Parliament, form a one-party government, bring Leopold back. Actually they did win control of the House (108 seats to the combined opposition's 104), but in the face of surprising Socialist gains, there was a faint chance that the Christian Socialists would lose control of the Senate...
...satire on lower-middle-class family life, The Show-Off is still reasonably entertaining, even though worn and familiar. There is a decided period flavor to The Show-Off; yet the personal flavor of George Kelly is anything but faint...