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...pastures and showed up in the milk of grazing cows. Wandering clouds of tropospheric fallout from the Soviet tests have been detected over most of the Northern Hemisphere. They all crossed Soviet territory, many of them veering south across thickly populated parts of Russia while still in the first flush of their radioactivity...
...help them through the tangles of Western underwear, show them how to manipulate knives and forks instead of dipping their hands into their food. One instructor climbs into a bathtub and demonstrates how to take a bath. Students find the toilet the most fascinating of all Western gadgets, happily flush it repeatedly...
...Plymouth retain their 1961 engines but will seem a lot livelier because they are 300-400 lbs. lighter. Plymouth's Valiant now becomes Chrysler's Valiant, gets only a few physical changes: an end to the simulated rear spare "donut" wheel, wider bands of chrome and round, flush taillights instead of the canted, protruding ones of 1961. Dodge's Lancer now has a horizontal, convex grille surrounding its dual twin headlights. The big change in the Chryslers and Imperials is loss of the big, sweeping tailfins...
Brave Dreams Again. Even in the first flush of worldwide praise, U.S. spacemen did not deceive themselves. They still have a universe to conquer. The Russians are far in front of them, and even if Project Mercury puts a manned capsule into true orbit by the end of 1961 (a hopeful schedule that few scientists take seriously), there is always a chance that the Russians will make an even more spectacular shot...
...emotionally shaken, physically weak addict gradually adjusts to his new surroundings. Says Dederich: "Addicts are babies who look like men and women. They have to grow up emotionally. After they've kicked, they're like children, and they have to be told to turn off the lights, flush the toilet, keep their fingers out of lamp sockets." Such, for example, is Synanon's youngest member, a plump girl of 19 who was trapped by narcotics at 13. After eight months at Synanon, she finally had the courage to raise a shaky voice to sing with a four...