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...German matrons pleaded for peace in the name of European unity, and most Italians reluctantly agreed. German mothers, who call the Italians "macaronis," would be happy to see the Roman romantics go. Not so their fun-loving daughters, who are even willing to pay for the drinks of their newfound cha-cha-cha partners. "It's worth it," said one Teutonic lovely: "You don't find Germans who can catch that rhythm...
...Hoerner believes that the earth's young civilization is now approaching its fast great crisis because of its newfound powers of self-destruction. He feels that man's best hope of avoiding disaster is to listen hard for radioed advice. Far out in starry space, perhaps, is an old, wise civilization that has survived many crises and is trying to warn the callow earth against the mistakes of its own youth...
...omega will probably not be the last new particle to be discovered. Physicists now believe that protons may contain as many subatomic particles as the 90-odd chemical elements that were once thought to be the basic stuff of the universe. Some physicists are playing with the idea that newfound particles, such as omega, may have complicated structures of their own. Some of the experts suspect that there may never be an end of this process of peeling onionlike skins from the mystery of matter. "This means," says Professor Luis W. Alvarez, who along with Dr. M. L. Stevenson made...
...stepping up production of P. & P.'s Kennedy-type rockers (it also makes chairs and stools) from 200 to 1,500 a month, raising his work force from 20 to 60 workers. Whether or not the rocking chair becomes a symbol of the New Frontier, its newfound popularity gives a boost to at least one Kennedy program: Asheboro's unemployment is about 5%, and P. & P. had cut its work force because of the recession...
...projects it has underwritten in fields ranging from physics to plant biology. Most eye-popping items in the 1960 report, which was released last week, were the major astronomical findings made by the institution at Mount Wilson and Palomar observatories in California. Among the notable discoveries and newfound mysteries...