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...behaves like a very large star, equal in mass to 100 million suns. For a while it burns hydrogen and changes it to helium just as normal stars do, and the temperature in its center rises to 70 million degrees. Then the star burns its helium, forming heavier elements. Its central temperature rises to 500 million degrees, while its powerful gravitation causes it to shrink toward its superheated middle. In spite of its enormous mass, the great star is now only about one-third the size of the earth's orbit...
Chance for Survival. Hoyle and Fowler believe that these gigantic explosions are normal events in the life of galaxies. They happen over and over, and their violent nuclear reactions create the heavier elements that are found in stars and planets. For all their fierceness, though, they do not destroy galaxies or apparently damage them much. Some galaxies still seem in normal shape although the radio clouds from two explosions are speeding away from them...
...autos, G.M.'s massive research staff deduced from their studies that industry sales would be about 7,000,000. They turned out to be just about right; sales were 7,100,000. One result was that G.M. early geared its assembly line to a heavier flow of autos and trucks, avoiding the costly process of slowing down or speeding up assembly lines to meet changing demands...
Every year the migration is heavier, and for obvious reasons: Florida is more crowded than it used to be; the farther south the more certain the weather; and the jet plane has brought the islands within easy reach. The winter vacation, once a plutocrat's privilege, has become a fringe benefit for Everyman, who is discovering that there is nothing quite so soul-satisfying as toasting in the sunshine while one's friends and relations are shivering in the sleet...
...fore they were used to the new feeding system and their ham muscles were strong enough to support them. Professor Heitman watched their hungry struggles fondly, noting how their rear ends wiggled as they reached for their food. "I felt," he says, "that I was looking at very much heavier hams...