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...light of the holy flame," they cried, "true to the legacy of the best sons and daughters of our people, we pledge to prepare ourselves well through premilitary training and to be courageous, disciplined soldiers of tomorrow, loyal to our socialist fatherland...
Light from a single, well-defined source holds such a strong attraction for night-flying moths that a flickering candle flame can lure them to a fiery death. But when light comes from all angles, as in a brightly lit room or outdoors during daylight, some moths cease all activity, as if they had been "turned off." Scientists have long wondered: What throws the switch...
...streaked away. Barely 10 minutes had elapsed after lift-off when it was announced that Poseidon had sped to a perfect splashdown, 1,150 miles away down the Atlantic missile range. Then came the taller, three-stage Minuteman III. Launched at 4:30 p.m. in a geyser of orange flame, it raced 5,000 miles to another brilliant on-target splashdown near Ascension Island in the South Atlantic...
...couldn't care less. For there was John, in Pilgrim costume, at "17th Century Day," commemorating the founding of Ipswich in 1633. He read the introduction to a 30-minute pageant he wrote depicting the place as it was back when, noting that there the "Puritan flame burned brightest." Then he sat in with the Ipswich Recorder Society for a few rounds of Handel and Scarlatti. "This town has been kind to me, even indulgent," said Updike. "It's let me live as just another citizen...
...incandescent gas soared thousands of feet into the sky. Red-hot volcanic ash spread for miles across rich cattle-raising land, piling three feet deep in places. At least 78 people died, and further disaster struck searchers for the 100 or more still missing when a sudden sheet of flame engulfed a carload of rescuers, incinerating all ten occupants. Nearby Nicaragua, Salvador and Mexico offered aid, and U.S. C-130 transports mounted a shuttle service of relief supplies for 5,000 evacuees from the devastated area. Helicopters were offered for rescue work but could not get close enough...