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...earth's magnetic field is now known not to come from a permanent-magnet core. A probe may help confirm the current theory that the revolving earth and its molten metal interior form a giant dynamo, generating electric currents and thus magnetism. If the probe reports that the moon itself has no magnetic field, it will make the terrestrial-dynamo theory seem more credible...
...richest schools got richer-47.1% of the year's gifts went to 65 major private universities. Yale, leading with $23,465,347, could stack its gifts slightly higher than Harvard, with $22,558,855. Among state universities, California was by far the best money magnet, with $15,366,679; the University of Michigan got $7,612,890. Leaders in other categories: ¶Private men's colleges, the University of the South. $1,883,598. ¶Private women's colleges. Bryn Mawr, $2,863,716. ¶Private coed colleges, Brandeis. $4,271,713. ¶Private professional or technical...
...Magnet. In Chicago, Car Thief James Reynolds led police on a wild chase that ended when he smashed into two police cars in front of the city's central police building...
...Magnet Cove Barium Corp. (Magco-bar), one of the world's biggest dealers in drilling mud, which uses aircraft to fly its "mud doctors" to out-of-the-way sites around the U.S. It has found that one man in a light plane can do the work of eight in cars or aboard boats, and the time saved often means keeping a valuable well from being wrecked. Magcobar's fleet: 17 planes, mostly float-equipped, which flew 7,200 hours last year at a cost of $144,000, far less than the business they brought...
...Cream-Cone Pagoda. Hoping that their city may become an Italian Lourdes, the people of Syracuse are busy preparing a new home for their Madonna. Twelve acres of land near Sicily's greatest Greek theater (a major tourist magnet) have been set aside for a shrine, to be called Il Tempio delle Lacrime (The Temple of Tears). After an international competition among more than 200 architects from 17 countries (including the U.S.'s Frank Lloyd Wright and France's Le Corbusier), a prize of $13,000 went to a pair of French architects for designing a latticed...