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With a stern hand, the teacher writes x+5 = 9 on the blackboard. If a youngster pipes up that the "unknown" is 4. he is shushed. The teacher must first demonstrate the rigmarole of subtracting 5 from both sides of the equation to get 4. Says Beberman: "The student had...
* The numeral denotes the number of Kabuki actors who have had the same name.
* The numeral's best-known bearer: the University of Illinois' famed Galloping Ghost, Harold ("Red") Grange, who-alas for symbolism was rarely contained by any lines.
In order to stimulate interest in science among the nation's youth, Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Associate Director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Institute, has suggested scientific fairy tales to accompany "Mother Goose" stories. Bed-time lessons "on the origin of the numeral zero" should be inculcated in children in order...
Calendar Watch. General Time Corp. put on sale the first cheap U.S.-made calendar watch. The watch face has a date window where the numeral 3 would be, made more legible by a magnifying lens built into the watch crystal. Each day the number changes from one through 31; hand...