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...Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. utilized atomic energy to lay the two-ton cornerstone of its new building in Manhattan; a miniature nuclear reactor split ten U-235 atoms generating an electrical impulse which burned a ceremonial ribbon, touched off a magnesium flare and caused a chain hoist to lower the stone one foot into position...
When a plane is flying at Mach 1 or above, shock waves flare back in a "V" from its nose and wing roots like water waves from the bow of a ship. The swept-back wings keep inside the V, and avoid a tangle with the shock wave...
...Symphony seen their little Maestro in such high humor and fine fettle. Pink-cheeked and glowing after his vacation in Italy, the terrible-tempered 81-year-old had kind words or a joke for everyone at rehearsal. The Maestro had his one inevitable flare-up of the day, this time over the absence without leave of a couple of trumpeters. The guest pianist watched the little tantrum, then, turning towards his wife and friends in the studio, wigwagged his eyebrows and giggled. For the soloist was a man who calls Toscanini "Maestro" to his face, but "Papa" when...
...Cyclone Look," Dior showed an evening gown that had nearly a score of stiffened folds projected backward, making it look as if the wearer were carrying a huge semicircular balloon on her stern. In his "Winged Line," beruffled evening dresses were boned, wired, lined and otherwise stiffened to flare out as much as two feet in all directions, preventing their wearers from sitting down, dancing within arm's reach of a partner, or standing...
...grounded. Second stop was Hollywood, where Traveler Perelman had scrimped a living in the '30s. " 'I'd rather be embalmed here than any place I know,' [Hirschfeld] said slowly. He turned up the collar of his trench coat and lit a cigarette, and in the flare of the match I saw that his tiny pig eyes were bright with tears...