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...seemingly incredible, these figures for the Companion have withstood all attacks, and astronomers, particularly Dr. Luyten, have since found many white dwarfs even smaller and denser. The current theory is that they are stars that have burned nearly all their hydrogen, turning it by nuclear fusion into helium and heavier elements. With the hydrogen gone, the star contracts. As its mass concentrates into a smaller volume, its gravitational field increases in power, eventually growing strong enough to compress the material near the star's center into "degenerate" matter whose electrons and nuclei have been pushed close together...
Psycho. Alfred Hitchcock's hand may be heavier than usual and totally immersed in blood, but it can still grip the spectator by the throat more expertly than the claws of any horror artist in the business...
...population of field hands," says one of the many white merchants who are beginning to wonder whether the boycott might backfire. As the more affluent and educated Negroes pull out, the county's Negro population is becoming poorer and more restless. The whites are left with a heavier tax burden to carry-and a greater fear as well. Says one Negro leader: "There wouldn't have been a bloc vote, except the white people chose to make an issue of it. Now there will be a bloc...
...Cobb swung a 42-oz. bat, and Babe Ruth sometimes used bats weighing 48 oz. But styles have changed, and players now prefer lighter bats that they can swing more quickly. The Cubs' Ernie Banks uses a 31-oz. bat; the Giants' Willie Mays never goes heavier than 33 oz. The shape has changed too. Only White Sox Second Baseman Nellie Fox still uses a thickhandled bat; the rest prefer a slim handle. H. & B. keeps an index of the types of bat it has made for some 40,000 major league players (many of whom have Louisville...
Psycho. Hitchcock's hand may be heavier than usual and totally immersed in blood, but it can still grip the spectator by the throat more expertly than the claws of any horror artist in the business...