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After receiving All-State honors as goalie of the St. Paul Johnson high school team, Lau was heavily recrutied by Notre Dame and the Ivy League schools. Although at the time going to Harvard was "the farthest thing from my mind," Lau was impressed with the school and decided to try to be a student-athlete...
...Examining 3.8 billion-year-old rocks found in Greenland's Isua (Eskimo for "the farthest we can go") region, Ponnamperuma and other scientists found evidence of compounds called hydrocarbons, which are of major importance in organic chemistry. To discover whether these hydrocarbons had a biological origin, scientists analyzed the ratio of two isotopes, or forms, of carbon. They found that the amount of carbon 12, the isotope most utilized in biological processes, was high in relation to carbon 13. This indicates that the hydrocarbons were produced by photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert carbon dioxide into organic compounds...
From Long Wharf, which just out into its murky waters, to the Brewster Islands--its farthest outposts--Boston harbor reeks of history, not to mention dead fish. For it was here that the British sailed furtively after their evacuation from Boston, it was here that great naval battles of the Revolution were fought, it was here that pirates hung for their crimes, it was here that the words and tune to John Brown's Body, later elevated to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, were composed...
...people clung to their radios and television sets, and newspapers broke out their largest type. Though beaten in the race to the moon, even the Russians joined in the worldwide chorus of acclaim, wishing the space travelers a safe homecoming. Rhapsodized Poet Archibald MacLeish: O silver evasion in our farthest thought- "the visiting moon"... "the glimpses of the moon"... and we have touched...
...only Carter family run. They couple-jogged in Cairo and Jerusalem on recent visits abroad. Last week at Camp David, Rosalynn reached a running high. Trailed by two carloads of agents togged out in double-barreled shotguns, the First Lady panted a full 4% miles. "This is the farthest Rosalynn has ever gone," announced her proud husband, adding, "On good days, I like to go ten." Oh, shin ache...