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...locomotion of the snail is explained in detail. The long flat "foot" lays down a roadway of sticky mucus; then parts of the foot grip the ground while other parts move forward. When the snail is crawling on glass, the action of its foot can be seen as a series of slow waves. The speed averages 2½ in. per minute, and the snail makes about 35 foot-waves to cover this distance. The tractive force is considerable. A snail can lift five times its weight up a vertical surface, and on the horizontal it can pull a toy wagon...
...beggars reaped a rich harvest of coins traditionally tossed to them by merrymaking bridal parties. Delhi Glass Manufacturer Bawa Bachittar, marrying off two daughters in a joint ceremony, put up huge arches sheathed in flashing mirrors, and strung 30,000 colored lights along half a mile of roadway leading to his house. The Delhi state assembly was forced to adjourn because members had to attend so many wedding ceremonies...
...archaeologists do not know how long the first Jerichans prospered in their little oasis. It was probably not for long-Jericho lies on a natural roadway exposed to the comings and goings of fierce invaders. Above the remains of the first city many others lie in layers, and they were inhabited by a long series of different cultures. Most of them came out of the desert wilderness. They attacked Jerich, destroyed it, and built it up again...
...companies: he would get 30% of the value of any cargo that he might manage to recover. Then he hurried back to the Babun, got to work. With an assault team of five men from his shop and a crew of 25 skeptical natives, he started bulldozing a sand roadway down to the ship, right through the breakers...
There was a delay: the Communists had dug 8-ft. trenches across the roadway; they had totally removed the approaches to a couple of bridges, which were left resting on their supports in midair. The French brought up bulldozers and 200 sweating Communist prisoners to repair the road, much as the Communists also use "volunteers" when the French planes knock out their supply routes. At midday the column got moving again, past a sign that read: DON'T KILL. DON'T RAPE. DON'T BURN. DON'T ARREST YOUNG PEOPLE. At 1 p.m. our advance elements...