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...Nanteos is not the Grail but a vessel later made from the wood of the Cross. During Henry VIII's reign, when monasteries were abolished in England, the relic was smuggled to various monks' hideouts until it reached some distant kinsmen of Mrs. Mirylees. Whatever its origin, the cup is a holy relic of Christendom...
...most popular theories of the origin of matter assume only the asymmetric creation of nucleons (protons and neutrons). But what about the creation of anti-nucleons (antiprotons and anti-neutrons)? To preserve symmetry, Goldhaber postulates that all matter-positive and negative-may be traced to an unstable, giant particle that he calls the "universon." At some dawn of time this particle split into a positively charged "cosmon" and a negatively charged "anti-cosmon," much like a fundamental particle, e.g., a heavy meson, disintegrating automatically into two oppositely charged particles. Energy released by the split shoved apart the cosmon and anti...
...Parmelee explained that Mongolism may occur in any family-that parents are not to blame. Studies indicate that injuries of unknown origin during prenatal life-most likely near the eighth week of pregnancy-may be the cause...
California Republican Gordon McDonough decided that the bill's specification on discrimination for reasons of "color, race, religion or national origin" should include "sex" as well (amendment adopted). Texas Democrat John Dowdy tried to add "people over 40" (amendment killed); Tumulty called for the inclusion of "size" (shouted down). Louisiana Democrat Edwin Willis wanted to strike out virtually the whole bill with his amendment (killed). Texas Democrat Martin Dies offered some restrictive rules of procedure for the civil-rights investigating commission (adopted...
...English Heritage. Yet a great gulf separates Nehru from the Indian masses -a gulf inherent in Nehru's origin and widened by his English education. Nehru's father, Motilal Nehru, was a wealthy lawyer. Determined to give his only son an English gentleman's education, Motilal put him in the hands of an Irish tutor, Ferdinand Brooks. Under Brooks's guidance, Jawaharlal ranged widely through English literature, one of his favorite authors being that apostle of the white man's burden, Rudyard Kipling...