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...dispassionate as ever, even though the primaries were over and he now faces the arduous labor of trying to convert the convention delegates, mostly professional politicians, who are sympathetic or committed to Humphrey's camp. Ironically, McCarthy, as a scholar and a gentleman, could anticipate more sympathy from outright conservatives, even Republicans, who approve of his dignified image...
...only claim to outright novelty is his predilection for science fiction, represented by three stories in this collection. But even here, as in the memorable title piece of his previous book of stories, Among the Dangs (1961), he insists on the moral. The sci-fi gimmicks of his fantasy worlds point metaphorically back to the truths of the real world. Into the Cone of Cold is typical: a poet allows himself to be frozen and thawed out again in a scientific experiment; beyond the spooky suspense of the situation, the cone of cold comes to stand for a state...
...while he was shaving. A letter arrived asking him to resign. "I said certainly not," he recalled on TV as he discussed the episode. "If I do, it will look as if I was caught with my hand in the till." Expecting his refusal, the board then dismissed him outright. He was not exactly penitent. "I think it is interesting," he remarked, "that the Daily Mirror under Mr. Cudlipp will now presumably switch over support to the Labor Party just in time to nail the flag to the mast of the ship as it goes down. I think...
...stands for "upward" in Hebrew and is an apt description of the 20-year-old Israeli airline that carries the name. The company has increased its sales elevenfold and managed to earn a profit for the past ten years-without outright government subsidies. From a pitiful $5,750,000 revenue in its first full year of operation, El Al moved up to $12 million by 1957, when it introduced transatlantic flights with turboprop Britannias, and then nearly tripled revenues in 1961 with jets. Despite the Six-Day War, the airline grossed over $63 million and made a record profit...
...little-known copying process called "xerography," and in eight years raised some $87.6 million in loans and stock issues to finance research. Once the process-which is unique in that it permits use of ordinary paper-was perfected, Wilson made a second daring decision. Rather than sell his machines outright, he determined to lease them for a flat rental, charge a small fee per copy. Thus the early Xerox 914s, which cost some $2,000 to make, could earn more than $4,000 in one year alone...