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...finally brought before the Inquisition. At that point, a messenger announces to his disciples that the bell of St. Mark's will ring at five o'clock sharp to signify that at five, the young scientists rejoice. But Brecht has the bell ring at 5:03 to simultaneously shatter their illusions and to show us how even super-men can be late. Thus Brecht toys with the tension build-up to make Galileo as much an anti-hero...
...losing end of Sponaugle's binge was Brown quarterback Bob Hall, who nevertheless turned in his weekly record-breaking passing performance. Hall connected on 21 of 32 tosses for 254 yards, to shatter Archie Roberts' Ivy record of 82 completions...
...sales are off to a roaring start, U.S. truck manufacturers thrive on good times. As the economy grows, demand for trucks to haul everything from flowers to forge castings grows even faster. In 1965, for the fourth consecutive year, the U.S.'s 14 truck manufacturers expect to shatter records by turning out 1,500,000 vehicles and running up a 10% sales increase. Last week International Harvester, the industry's third largest company, announced that its truck sales have surpassed $1 billion for the first time, thus making Harvester the first company outside the passenger-car field...
Second, and more important, his words aren't those of a Sheriff Rainey--or of any other segregationist. For Chuck Morgan is a member of that close-knit band of rebels called Southern liberals who periodically speak their minds--and shatter the peace and quiet of the Southern way of life...
...Stingley took it to Wham O Manufacturing Co. in San Gabriel, Calif., the company that made juvenile history by producing the Frisbee and the Hula-Hoop. For the next year, Stingley and Wham-O worked to make the ball more durable (it is still apt to chip or shatter on rough surfaces), then dyed it purple for no particular reason, fixed a 98? price tag on it, and threw it out to the public four months...