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...more than 200 years, science had accepted Newton's laws of motion as unalterable. In easily parsed schoolboy terms, they seemed to explain everything, from the behavior of gases to the nature of heat. But in the 1880s, more sensitive instruments were uncovering awkward phenomena, particularly in the physics of light. These phenomena operated in open violation of Newton's laws. To make Newton's physics work, scientists presumed the existence of a substance called ether, which they thought was necessary to carry light waves through space. But experiments soon proved that ether does not exist. Scientists...
...early 19305 every U.S. schoolboy -and his teacher, too-knew the essential facts about China's Chiang Kaishek: Chiang, married to a pretty Chinese girl with a U.S. education, was a selfless Christian general who had fought down Communists and war lords to unite his country for the first time in its modern history. Ten years later many a schoolboy, teacher and clubwoman was hearing a far different story: Chiang's wife was an arrogant creature who slept on silk sheets, while Chiang himself was corrupt and stupid; he stubbornly blocked the path to China's progress...
...schoolboy in Baltimore, not too many seasons ago, he won the Maryland State Championship for three consecutive years. He was undefeated during two seasons of heavyweight competition at Governor Dummer and while wrestling for Yale and Syracuse, where he later coached two undefeated freshman teams, he never lost a bout...
...speed might pay off. Nielsen was rattled at the sight of his rival pulling away, shifted into high and ran his heart out closing the gap. Only Dwyer, striding smoothly some 30 yards back, was wise enough to run his own race. His discipline made Santee look like a schoolboy...
...Bruin Cubs reach the pool first, to face the Yardlings at 7:30 p.m. Led by Alfred Chapman, an All-American backstroker as a schoolboy and a strong individual medley performer, the Brown freshmen should provide more opposition than its varsity will...