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...atmosphere. Rays coming from the limb must pass slantwise through a greater thickness of atmosphere, and so appear weaker. This rules out one of the leading theories about the Venusian atmosphere: that it is highly ionized on top and therefore glows, making the planet appear hotter than it really is. Such an atmosphere would be brighter at the edges than in the center, and since the Venusian atmosphere does not show this, Venus can have no shell of ions to hide a temperate surface behind a glowing screen...
...Kill a Mockingbird. Maycomb, Alabama, was a tired old town in the '30s. "Grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow, it was hotter then. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft tea-cakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum. People moved slowly. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with. But it was a time of vague optimism. Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear...
...take unsalable cars, now lament that Detroit underestimated the market and is not building fast enough. To a man, they are convinced that the auto industry is about to perform the hat trick by following zooming 1962 sales, which should hit 6,900,000 cars, with an even hotter 1963. Some talk daringly of a sales surge that will equal 1955's record of 7,200,000 cars...
...Rolls boasts twin horizontal headlights, a lower hood, wider grille and hotter engine (around 270 h.p.). For the select minority who can afford Rolls prices (from $15,655 in the U.S. for the Silver Cloud II to $27,617 for the Park Ward), this was big news. But for Rolls-Royce Ltd. itself, autos are now little more than a sideline. Since World War II, the company has diversified into everything from rocket engines to nuclear propulsion systems for submarines. By so doing, it has become one of Britain's notable growth companies; since 1950 its sales have soared...
Hoping that his nature book, which sells at cost, may prove even hotter, Plattes has ordered a first printing...