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Back on earth, the astronauts themselves seemed to be pictures of good health. Within three days after their return, Borman had completely regained the 9.6 Ibs., Lovell the 5.9 Ibs. lost during their trip in space. Neither showed any outward signs of ill effects, and while medical studies were still not complete, the early results looked good. Said NASA Dr. Charles Berry: "A quick look at the data available to us indicates that man has fared extremely well in two weeks of space environment...
...bank from its inner edge to its raised outer edge-much like the inside of a shallow bowl -the circular runway would provide great directional stability to a plane landing at high speed. It would prevent the plane from veering out of control to the right or left. Pulled outward by centrifugal force and downward by gravity, a fast-rolling plane would be confined to a circular path high against the outer, steeply sloping part of the runway. As its speed decreased, centrifugal force would lessen, and gravity would pull it in a slowly descending spiral toward the lower, more...
...originated billions of years ago from a cloud of matter and antimatter particles that was contracting because of gravitation. As the particles drew closer together, the increasing annihilative reactions between matter and antimatter produced enough radiation pressure to reverse the contraction of the cloud and hurl its primeval matter outward in an expansion that has continued ever since...
...outward signs of mourning-veils and widow's weeds, black hat-and armbands, crape-hung doorways-are going the way of the hearse pulled by plumed horses. There is almost no social censure against remarrying a few months after bereavement in what one psychiatrist calls "the Elizabeth Taylorish way" (referring to her statement six months after Husband Mike Todd was killed in a plane crash: "Mike is dead now, and I am alive"). Many psychologists who have no quarrel with the life-must-continue attitude are dubious about the decline in expression of grief. Psychology Professor Harry W. Martin...
Whether or not such conclusions are justified, the take-it-in-stride attitude can make things difficult. Gorer cites his brother's widow, a New Englander, whose emotional reticence, combined with that of her British friends, led her to eschew any outward signs of mourning. As a result, "she let herself be, almost literally, eaten up with grief, sinking into a deep and long-lasting depression." Many a widow invited to a party "to take her mind off things" has embarrassed herself and her hostess by a flood of tears at the height of the festivities. On occasion, Gorer...