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...circle, the fewer of them would be needed. If a communications satellite were placed 22,300 miles above the earth, it would take exactly one day to complete each orbit. Thus it would keep pace with the earth's rotation and stay above the same spot on the map. Advocates of such "synchronous" communications satellites point out that three of them would be enough to cover most of the earth...
...Thais. Cambodia's case: a path leads from Cambodia directly to the shrine of Siva, the god to which the temple was dedicated; in 1930 and 1953, Cambodian officials went to the temple on pilgrimage picnics, establishing a sovereignty of sorts. Furthermore, an old French colonial map puts the temple in Cambodian territory...
...map is wrong, Thailand replied hotly, pointing out that the temple would never even have been found but for the explorations of Thai Prince Sanphasit in 1899. What is more, argued the Thais, the temple faces north; Cambodians have to use the back door, whereas Thai pilgrims use the stairs that rise to the front entrance...
...that would mean much more to Panama than any haggling over current fees and tolls. When the present canal reaches its capacity sometime between 1980 and the year 2000, the U.S. intends to build another one, and it will probably be in Panama. Of all possible new routes (see map), the two most favored are in eastern Panama above the Colombian border. The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, which has studied the border area, thinks that it would be just the place to blast out a canal with a string of nuclear charges. The cost would come to just...
...from the 581-mile auto journey from Paris to Milan. Plans are also afoot for a joint Anglo-French tunnel under the English Channel. Last week the tunnel trend continued as France and Spain announced plans to pierce the Pyrenees. Just under two miles long, the proposed tunnel (see map) will lop off 145 miles from the present 385-mile road trip from Toulouse to Saragossa. Construction is scheduled to begin early next year, will take two years. Estimated cost: $28.5 million, of which France will ante up 60%, Spain...