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...deathly cold -207° F. Its shroud is believed by some to conceal an ice layer 17,000 miles thick. But last week, writing in Radiation Research Magazine, a University of California astronomer raised the possibility that Jupiter's cloud cover may conceal-and even nourish-rude forms of life...
...Belgrave Square proved a victory of sorts for the minicabs' cause. The spectacle of big taxis ganging up on a tiny minicab aroused Londoners' traditional sympathy for the underdog, as well as delight at the prospect of cheaper fares. Almost every one had a story about a rude old-style cabby who took him to his destination the long way round, or short-changed him, or passively watched as dear old Aunt Matilda wrestled with her steamer trunk. "That's the public for you," lamented a veteran cabby. "If all ten thousand of us went to hell...
...brusque counterblast as a technique of foreign policy, the week had come as a shock, stimulating the strongest kind of change in a man essentially unschooled in the closeup rough-and-tumble of Communist diplomacy. For the new President of the U.S., Russia's attitude was a rude reminder that although the Kremlin's tactics might change, its strategy most emphatically does not. "Together, let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce," said Kennedy in his inaugural address. Word went out recently from the White House...
...Rude Blow. Word of the impending Odhams-Thomson deal came as a rude blow to Cecil Harmsworth King, 60, head of the Daily Mirror group, a gigantic newspaper-magazine combine (total circulation: more than 16 million) that includes two of Britain's leading popular papers: the sex-salted Daily Mirror and the Sunday Pictorial, one of three newspapers that the watchdog Press Council last year called "a disgrace to British journalism." The other two: the People and News of the World...
...Special Artist had a competitor of sorts in the Civil War photographer. But photography was then in its rude infancy, and its slow action -10 to 30 seconds' exposure time-could not match the Special's quick hand and eye. Men such as Mathew Brady, best known of the Civil War photographers, lumbered up in their wagons to take static pictures after the battle, or gathered portraits of the generals and the men before the battle had begun. The fight itself was the province of the artist, who usually sat on a hilltop, scanning the battle with...