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A bolide is the only noisy type of meteor.* It is said to move at a rate of five to 20 miles a second. As it travels, air piles up in front of it, making a windy whoosh. Air friction turns the outside of the meteor white-hot while the...
In the early days of last week Torgau was almost deserted. Marshal Konev's artillery had battered it from across the Elbe. Only a few Germans, too numb to care what happened, searched rubbish piles for scraps of food and hunted cigaret butts among the cobblestones. The rest had...
The cities were mostly rubble piles. Typical was Minister. In its streets there was an eerie stillness, broken by a singing bird, a scurrying rat, a few fearful civilians picking their way.
Alaska Airlines (formerly Star Airlines) is still only loosely held together. It was started by an elderly Manhattan industrialist, Raymond W. Marshall, who, seeing the great possibilities in Alaskan aviation, merged four bush-flying lines. As a result, its 30 planes are mostly flying antiques. Passengers often sit astride piles...
But the city had no time for dreams; like a battered prize fighter, it could only lie panting, waiting for some small return of strength. Endless blocks of homes lay in charred ruins. Most buildings were damaged; everywhere piles of glass-spangled rubble spilled into the streets. It was robbed...