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...projectile probes, developed by Sandia engineers in the course of nuclear-weapons research for the Atomic Energy Commission, operate on a simple principle: the deceleration of a projectile as it penetrates the earth is determined by the material through which it passes. A projectile penetrating loose to medium-dense sand, for example, will be slowed down more quickly than one passing through soft clay...
...TREVINO, 28, 5 ft. 10 in., 180 Ibs., entered the U.S. Marines as a fairway hacker and emerged as a polished player-after a tour of duty on Okinawa, where "we had 'greens' covered with sand an inch or two deep." Trevino was a teaching pro in El Paso until last year, when he entered the U.S. Open at his wife's insistence, wound up fifth and won $6,000. Committed now to the tour ("You don't have to put up with the little old ladies here"), Lee skips rope and does situps, is often...
...ownership of the islet by landlords on the Indian mainland. Meanwhile, in an escalation of absurdity, the Ceylonese government of Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake became increasingly persistent in its claims. Reason: a wild and highly unlikely rumor swept through Ceylon that there was oil beneath Kachcha Tivu's sand-and-coral surface...
...various methods of getting rid of Wurz (Superego?): threatening letters, "nerve foam," a mass meeting to declare Wurz's nonexistence. Despite his increasing terror, Wurz refuses to leave. Eventually, he is turned into a domesticated animal by his wife and homosexual sons; Wacholder digs a hole in the sand and buries himself. Whether this symbolizes the end of the world, the decline of the West, or simply the end of the play, it comes as a relief...
...disputed area is a 3,500-sq.-mi. stretch of the Rann of Kutch, a desolate stretch of salt flat and sand dunes that is located on the coast of the Arabian Sea between the two countries and inhabited chiefly by flamingos and wild asses. Pakistan and India fought a number of sharp engagements in the Rann in early 1965, but agreed to submit the conflict to binding international arbitration before a larger border war broke out a few months later over Kashmir. The tribunal turned down Pakistan's bid for the area...