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...have called the Avenue of the Dead. In the center were pyramids and temples, markets and assembly plazas; beyond lay homes and farm lands, spreading out miles from the center. It was a brilliantly colored city, says Acosta, "shining red like blood." Palace and temple exteriors were painted with layer upon layer of lime volcanic powder and natural iron oxide, then buffed to a gleaming finish with green jadeite polishing stones. All streets were paved with a sort of rock-hard red stucco, 4-in. thick...
...Faith 7 blasted into the atmosphere, friction set up a curtain of ionization that knocked out communications. While in the ionized layer, Cooper fired small thrusters to make the capsule roll slowly. Once out of the layer, he triggered his drogue parachute by hand at 40,000 ft. His main chute blossomed at 10,000-and he scored his bull's-eye landing off the Kearsarge. Capsule engineers, who constantly complain that astronauts would fly much better if they would just sit back and let their autopilots do the work, ruefully admitted that Cooper proved them wrong. Said...
...formulas slightly to please the British palate, created two new ones especially for English teatime, even scaled down the ingredients in the mix to fit the smaller cake tins used by British housewives. To back Betty up, General Mills spent nearly $1,000.000 on an advertising campaign to push layer cake, Boston cream pie, brownies and honey-spice cake. But no luck. Betty has been called home in disgrace, and last week General Mills was closing down its operations in Britain...
...telescopes have become increasingly sensitive. They can listen to exploding galaxies near the mysterious edge of the universe, but the slightest interference puts them out of action. A signal from a TV station thousands of miles away can be reflected off an airplane, or a satellite, or even a layer of air, and reach a radio telescope far over the curve of the earth with enough strength left to knock a delicate recording needle right off the scale...
...University should not wait until embarrassment forces it to hire a Negro professor. The fastest way to build up a "pyramid" of academic excellence is not layer by layer. People in the highest levels inspire and give hope to those...