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...dirty snowball" theory of comets. He believes comets form, molecule by molecule, out of frozen gases beyond the outermost planets. They pick up bits of dust and start drifting ever so slowly toward the distant sun. When they gather speed as they approach the sun, their surface gets hotter, turning some of the frozen gas to vapor and freeing some of the dust to form the comets' glowing heads and tails. When an old comet disintegrates, it leaves bits of fluff to wander in space...
...Wilkinson suffered the indignity of a losing season, and even out-of-state sportswriters know that when Wilkinson wails, he wins. So last week, after the Sooners outgained (360 yds. to 237 yds.) and outscored the Trojans (17-12), the experts were ready with their superlatives. "Magnificent," they wrote. "Hotter than Los Angeles' 105° weather." That was enough to push Oklahoma back into its familiar No. 1 spot in the rankings and start Coach Wilkinson wailing all over again. "We could well lose five games this year...
They never have. Wallace ran again for Governor in 1962, and this time he was spouting segregationist fire that burned hotter than Vulcan's torch. "As your Governor," he cried, "I shall refuse to abide by illegal court orders to the point of standing at the school-house door if necessary...
...sure thing about the war in Viet Nam is that it is getting hotter. The Communist Viet Cong last week initiated 518 "incidents," up from 351 the previous week...
...poses the propaganda was far more valuable, coming as it did from 58 youth ful, presumably open-minded American "students"* who have been making news for a month on a forbidden junket to Cuba. Last week, as the 58 prepared to return home, the U.S. prepared a welcome far hotter than Castro...