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...dynamo-like motion within its liquid outer core caused by the earth's rotation. But whether Mercury also has a liquid core is a subject of debate. Even if it does the planet probably rotates too slowly (once every 58⅔ earth days) for the dynamo effect to occur. Thus, as Mariner fell silent in its eternal orbit of the sun, it left behind a major mystery: How did Mercury acquire its magnetic field...
...ongoing operation," as Rosenthal would say--but the publisher, at the urging of James Reston, ordered the story about it toned down and placed in a less-prominent spot on the front page. Reston felt that the invasion would suffer if The Times reported that it was about to occur; it might even be cancelled. That would not be in the best interest of the United States. But President Kennedy would later say that maybe The Times should have published the story and prevented the debacle...
...days. They're not going to make any disaster films that will beat this for fun A piece of advice sit in the front row to get the full effect of Sensurround but remember, "The Management is not responsible" for deafness, heart-attacks or religious visions which occur as a result...
...increase further Venezuela's oil income and economic independence, Pérez last week sent to the country's Congress his long-awaited bill to nationalize the oil industry, and reiterated that the takeover will occur later this year. Venezuela plans to pay the foreign companies-Exxon's subsidiary, Creole Petroleum, and Royal Dutch/Shell are the two biggest-only the net book value less several deductions, or about $1.4 billion. The offer might seem reasonable. Under existing contracts, the foreigners in 1983 were supposed to give over all their properties to the Venezuelans, without compensation...
...implausible premise, the play sails along on a tide of felicitous gags and domestic ups and downs reported at one remove. Doris and George swap spouse stories instead of spouses. Meanwhile, over a time span of a quarter of a century, the changes in attitudes, dress and behavior that occur in Doris and George constitute a kind of nostalgic calendar of the U.S. itself. Except that it is wittier, Same Time, Next Year is a redo of The Fourposter. It is the kind of theatrical fare that fiftyish middle-class marrieds have been starved for on Broadway in recent seasons...