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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...able to preach the Gospel openly. When he returned at last to the U.S. in 1892 to spend the remaining 19 years of his life, the Japanese showered Kunshi with honors, as they did again last week in newspaper articles and at the unveiling of Yokohama's monument. Said Monument Committee Chairman Kumakichi Nakajima: "Lately we Japanese have made a great mistake in the direction of progress. We sincerely desire that this monument, although very small, may be a milestone for modern Japan's progress in the right direction...
...microns (.000156 in.) in diameter, the heat generated by its friction with the air would be carried away (by radiation and other effects) without heating the particle. The "critical size" that he calculated theoretically was close to the actual size of Landsberg's particles. This is strong evidence, said Whipple, that Landsberg's particles really came from space and passed through the atmosphere unscathed...
Whipple urged his listeners to keep on the lookout for micro-meteorites. Large meteorites that hit the earth as flaming "fireballs" are believed to be part of the solar system. A few of the micro-meteorites floating gently down, said Whipple, may be the only specimens available of "interstellar solids." Geologists should look for micro-meteorites, Whipple said, in places like the Cretaceous chalk beds. Many astronomers believe that a planet blew up fairly recently; if so, there ought to be strata rich in its micrometeorite fragments to date the explosion...
...Army is regimented," he said, "business is in a straitjacket . . . Government has usurped the decisions which formerly were made by individuals and regulated by economic laws . . . There has been an increasing tendency on the part of the Government to decide what is good and what is bad for all of us ... Government decides what is and what is not restraint of trade for business, but very carefully avoids deciding what is or what is not restraint of trade when applied to labor unions and other political blocs. "Do not think that the use of this power is only sought...
Hardly had Loewy stepped into his muted grey and beige penthouse office high above Fifth Avenue, when more jobs rolled in, e.g., a television maker wanted him to draw up sketches for a new line of cabinets. "Fine," said Loewy. "I spent $2,000 on my own set and it hasn't worked right since I bought it." From Glamour magazine came a phone call: How about an article on theater design? "Wonderful," said Loewy. "I've been waiting for a chance to tell everyone what's wrong with theaters." Then Loewy paced nervously through the various...