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...crosses I must bear, none heavier than the Cross of Lorraine," Churchill once said, and his remark illustrative of the fact that there is great man of our time less widely than General Charles de Gaulle. very name is a symbol of all that politically backward-chauvinism, egotism, and obscurantism...
...gonna win Massachusetts by 500,000 votes for sure." He spread out a Boston Globe on one of the six empty tables in the headquarters. "Look at that--the Herald, the Globe, and the Traveler have all gone back on their accusation that Ward's name is printed heavier on the ballot...
With Jack Kennedy moving ahead, the heavier concern rested with Dick Nixon. In California last week. President Eisenhower had a quiet pep talk for nervous local Republicans: "I've been through a number of these campaigns, and there comes a time toward the end when the opposition looks 14 feet tall and everyone takes alarm. But pessimism never won a battle...
...hexafluoride, a uranium-containing gas, through a centrifuge-a sort of souped-up cream separator-that would spin the gas at enormous speed and subject it to high, gravitylike forces. The slightly lighter molecules containing U-235 would tend to stay near the center of the centrifuge, while the heavier molecules containing U-238 would move toward the spinning sides...
Adulterers in Connecticut run a risk of five-year jail terms, but in Kentucky can incur no heavier legal penalty than a $50 fine. Nevada does not even consider adultery a crime. Because of such disparities and contradictions. Manhattan Lawyer Morris Ploscowe, expert on U.S. criminal codes and a former New York City magistrate, argues for a major overhaul of U.S. sex laws in the current Duke University law review. Says he: "American men and women are continually upon the move. They should not be exposed to the risk of being branded felons in one state for sexual behavior that...