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...UFOs can explain parts of the Book of Genesis, which admittedly takes some explaining. Those "angels" in Genesis 19 were "not necessarily of celestial origin" but were some kind of space men, and the "giants in the earth in those days" who mated with women (Genesis 6:4) clearly refer to beings from out yonder...
...irony of the air-conditioner uproar is that, however unwanted the sound it makes on the outside, the hiss of air inside is just what the noise doctor ordered. Sound engineers refer to it as "white noise" or "acoustical perfume," and they use it widely, especially in offices, to blanket distracting sounds that spring out of silence into disconcerting acoustical relief. A too-silent Massachusetts Roman Catholic Church put in white noise to preserve the secrets of its confessionals...
...more than a high school education. At the time of the coup, he was virtually unknown outside the army. Whereas Sukarno has had at least six wives and seven children, Suharto has only one wife and six children. Sukarno drove around in a motorcade of screaming sirens (which Djakartans refer to as his "mating call"), while Suharto went about his duties in a Japanese Jeep. Suharto was more than the President had bargained...
...still the sea-the element he came to know so familiarly that he could refer to it with the authority of a King Canute as "that duck pond." Because of such mastery, his art sings chanties that help men endure and enjoy what they cannot control themselves...
...manners do in Western eyes. Courtesy, in fact, is more of a virtue than honesty-hence the widespread acceptance of bribery and the sense of offended dignity when Westerners rail at the practice. It is impolite to ruffle another with one's own negative emotions; if one must refer to a recent bereavement, for instance, one does so with a happy grin, and officers arrested after abortive coups are often photographed smiling softly to themselves...