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When the satellite finally reaches space it may be followed on its orbit by a frail, light, short-lived companion. Developed by William J. O'Sullivan Jr. (following a long-discussed idea), the inflated sub-satellite is a balloon of Mylar plastic .0025 in. thick covered with an aluminum film .0006 in. thick. When released from the third-stage rocket, it will weigh 10½ oz. complete and look like a wad of aluminum foil. A small capsule of compressed dry nitrogen will expand the plastic to a sphere 20 in. in diameter, which will follow at first...
...Governor Christian A. Herter, '15, who was recently appointed Assistant Secretary of State, was not only a lyricist in his undergraduate days at the College. Entering college as a young, tall and frail youth, he did not participate in the major sports of the day although many of his friends remember him as "a damn good tennis player...
...sharp blue eyes set deep in a sallow face, with its high cheekbones and bulky forehead, expanded by baldness. It is the face of one who has held stubbornly to his beliefs and acted resolutely upon them. But visitors are often astonished to find him so aged and apparently frail. He seems shorter than his 5 ft. 7 in., older than his 51 years. These are the marks of his lifelong apprenticeship to Communism. Years of imprisonment in his youth left him with a lung ailment, a police bullet has permanently stiffened his right knee, and there are hints...
...Frail Reed. But to anyone outside Egypt it was evident that Nasser's Trendex rating had dropped severely. Not only had his military machine been badly damaged, but it had been made abundantly clear to other Arab nations that to rely on Egypt to crush the hated Israelis would be to rely on a frail reed indeed. If they had achieved nothing else, the British, French and Israelis had dealt a severe blow, perhaps a fatal one. to Gamal Abdel Nasser's dream of dominating the Arab world...
...Carnegie Hall last week, the Viennese were led by Germany's thoroughly craftsmanlike Carl Schuricht, who during the orchestra's current U.S. tour (31 concerts) will alernate with Belguim's Andre Cluytens. Schuricht, a kinetic 76, conducted with broad, firm gestures that belied his frail appearance, seemed to be perfectly in tune with the Viennese. The audience was plainly delighted from the moment the orchestra's famed string section started to play-or rather, to sing. In Mozart's short Symphony No. 23, written when he was 17, the orchestra brought out a remarkable feeling...