Word: poled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...earth is generally considered a slightly flattened sphere, its flatness at the poles resulting from plastic response to its spinning motion. Last week Dr. John A. O'Keefe, assistant director of the Theoretical Division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, gave evidence before the American Physical Society that the earth is very slightly pear shaped. If its continents are evened out and its spin-flattening allowed for, it has a faint bulge around the North Pole, a faint depression around the South Pole, and a depressed ring in the north mid-latitudes (see diagram...
Once the gravitational variations had been measured, the NASA scientists could calculate their effect on the shape of the earth. The excess of gravitation around the North Pole, for instance, indicates an extra 200-ft. bulge of rock over an area equivalent to the Atlantic Ocean. This extra mass would attract enough sea water to raise sea level about 50 ft. above the theoretical curve of an ideally plastic earth. None of the newfound bulges are large compared to the polar spin-flattening (about 13 miles), but they may cast new light on the earth's mysterious interior...
...white desert of the geographic South Pole, a house of worship was dedicated last week. Its congregation: the 17 men of the Deep Freeze IV outpost in Antarctica. The "Chapel of Our Faith" began when the outpost's recreation building, where religious services had been held, caved in under the weight of snow. Navy Petty Officer C. Norman Engel, 37, of Spring Lake. N.J., requested permission to build a chapel in its place out of spare lumber, and all members of the group worked at the project-painting, decorating, or just shoveling snow...
...Green sprinter Tony Zielman lost his unbeaten record to Dodge in the 50-yard dash, while Blodgett cleared 12 feet in the pole vault to defeat Dartmouth's Greg Millett...
...races in doubt are the 600, in which Dartmouth's Pete Daley excels, and the dash, where the unbeaten Tony Zielman must be given an edge over Sandy Dodge. The opponents' Greg Millett is an even bet to defeat the Crimson's Tom Blodgett and Sam Halaby in the pole vault...