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...Mayor Howard's office, he examined the black stone and pronounced it "a smooth, angular rhombus* with some of its corners broken off." The material inside was iron grey. Scrapings tested with hydrochloric acid gave the rotten egg odor of hydrogen sulphide. Swindel consulted Kemp's Handbook of Rocks and cautiously decided that the stone fitted the description of meteorites "of the sulphide type." Then the helicopter crew took charge of the object and flew it off to Montgomery. It was gone when Hewlett Hodges came home from work...
...colleges, in the form of a special lexicon called What's That Word? (The Times Press, Wakefield, R.I.; 40?). Compiled by two veteran theme correctors-Martha Wright of the University of Massachusetts and Tony Hofford of the University of Rhode Island-the lexicon is not only a handbook on how to dow (prosper) at Scrabble; it is also a treasury of oddments to be mastered in a gliff (instant...
...villainy of Messers. Cagney and Robinson that makes the films wonderful. Cagney brushes grapefruits into his lovely breakfast partner's face--no, not Jean Harlow, he meets her later. And in addition to his badness he is Loyal, Friendly, Helpful, Kind, Obedient, and in fact possess most of the handbook virtues, making him popular enough to be an interesting hero...
...desire people of "high academic standing, who have participated in extra-curricular activities, can work with others, and have a specific interest in one of the fields of investigation under study. The must be able to take orders and have potentiality for leadership, and organizational ability." (Hughes Aircraft Corporation Handbook...
...subject matter was strictly from the Red handbook: miners, child laborers, peasants, and decadent rich folks sunning at Capri. But Guttuso managed to avoid the wooden lifelessness or shrill caricatures of his less talented comrades (see below). The hit of the show was The Dying Hero, an effectively gloomy oil of a man dying on a hospital bed. Although the central figure is realistically proletarian, Guttuso rose above the level of flat political posters with his geometric handling of pillow and sheets, skillfully done in shades of off-white against a violently contrasting red drapery...