Word: m
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Johnny-Come-Lately. Back in Hollywood, Johnny cannily saved the letters. His own notes were fourth-grader's work; many of them, laboriously scratched in copy books, were never sent, e.g.: You know Baby, I'm so lonesome for the touch of you I could die. I try to think back of when you were here and those precious minutes I wasted when my lips were not on yours...
...Berkeley creates antiprotons (protons with negative charges, in fair quantities. When they hit particles of ordinary matter-protons, neutrons, etc.-they generally annihilate themselves and their targets, both turning into weightless energy and neutrinos. About a fortnight ago an antiproton observed by Dr. Segrè and Dr. Wilson M. Powell behaved differently. It entered Dr. Segrè's bubble chamber, which is filled with liquid propane on the point of boiling, and made its normal, slightly curving trail of tiny bubbles (see cut). Suddenly the trail stopped, and a "star" of four diverging bubble trails appeared a few inches...
...caricature for characterization. He invariably begins a character by deciding what he would wear and how he would look-he works from the outside in. In the early stages of a part he is nervous and unsure of himself, prone to tantrums and small cries of "God, I'm inadequate" and piteous little interviews in which he offers to quit "for the good of the show." Nowadays he is somewhat more assured when shooting begins, but he used to do such a flip that Director Lean sometimes started the camera rolling while Alec thought he was still rehearsing. While...
...official rate-Moscow leaked the winner's name: Van Cliburn. Said Pianist Cliburn: "I can't believe it." Then, noting the 10 lbs. he had lost during his harrowing two weeks of competition, he added: "I'd like to go back to Texas. I'm just about to break down...
...state officials, said that Teacher Baskin could return to work with full back pay, no loss of benefits. Back in a fourth grade classroom last week, the 65-year-old teacher, who will retire with a pension in June, said: "It has been most trying for me. I'm glad it's all over...