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...second aim of Harvard's instrument is to obtain information on the earth's ionosphere, the layer of the atmosphere used to bounce radio signals around the globe. By observing how the sun emits ultra-violet light, scientists may learn more about the mechanism of ionospheric interference with radio transmission...
Price of Boots. Steinar sends for his family to join him in paradise. His son first discovers an interest in Mormonism when he notices the fine pair of boots a bishop is wearing. Neatly mixing materialism with religion, the bishop makes his convert: "No Lutheran could obtain a pair of boots like these, my lad." he says. "These shoes are a proof that the Church of the Latter-day Saints is founded on the All-Wisdom. These shoes have been a much stronger argument for me in arguments with Lutherans than any quotations from the Prophets...
...order to obtain a more comprehend picture of the program, the committee sent out an equal number of questionnaires to students who did not participate in the seminars. The reactions of the group, plus information from the admissions folders and college academic records of the seminar participants are being processed for the committee...
Hoffmann and Emerson agreed that the Afro-Asian countries were inconsistent in seeking South Africa's expulsion from the U.N. at the same time that they sought to obtain Red China's admission. "However," said Hoffmann, "consistency has never been a forte of the Afro-Asian nations." Emerson felt that "South Africa is obviously a state in existence just as Red China is. They should both be in the United Nations." Hoffmann maintained that "If South Africa were the only problem on the U.N.'s shoulders, things would be all right...
Several critics have taken the producers of the film to task for irresponsibility in distorting reality merely to obtain "wild effects." Certainly, there is a total disregard of credibility in it, but a motion picture so perfect in execution and so thoroughly entertaining as The Manchurian Candidate has not been around for months...