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...after years of foreign duty, a U.S. consular official came to Jefferson, Ohio to visit his brother, the famed author and editor, William Dean Howells. When he appeared on the streets wearing shorts, a pith helmet and an air of inscrutable mystery, he was nothing less than a sensation. One of those who was dazzled was Loy Wesley Henderson, the 14-year-old son of Jefferson's Methodist minister. He was disappointed to learn that the mysterious stranger was not an explorer (young Henderson had just finished reading Stanley's account of his adventures in Africa...
...Force is trying to improve on the Navy's work, and under military security both services are testing suits that they believe are markedly superior to any models the public has been told about. In everyday use, the "partial" suit is worn with a pressurized crash helmet, and the two are hooked together to give an almost full pressure suit, still leaving the hands free. But this rig will not give as much protection against the bends or the boiling of blood as an overall pressure suit...
...suit and a pressure suit, plus helmet and gloves, the pilot must wear protection against cold and immersion (he might have to bail out over the ocean). This means a quilted "liner," much like the Chinese army's winter gear (gadgeteers are trying to save weight and bulk by getting rid of the quilting), with a waterproof suit worn over everything...
...tried to drag him down, and Burford, who tried to haul him up. Finally, at the risk of splitting Evans in two, Burford started the boat to pull Evans loose. Then "the ugly, pear-shaped body of a giant octopus [appeared]. He was perched atop the [diver's] helmet, all eight tentacles about Evans' body." Burford slammed a pike pole through the creature's head and pulled Evans aboard. The great thing, Burford decided, is to avoid 1) panicking, 2) provoking the creatures. On those terms, he says, divers and octopuses can coexist...
...important thing the nine powers failed to do in London was to make some stipulation about the style of uniform the West German army will wear. This point is not so silly as it may sound. The public relations value of the traditional German uniform (especially the helmet) is absolutely...