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Bill Schmidt in the hurdle will be up against some of the toughest competition that he has yet to face. Among them will be Sam Allen, the Southerner who shone on the Olympic team, it is expected...
...TIME, Sept. 21). Last week du Pont scientists in Manhattan demonstrated that a pretzel shaped length of Pontalite could conduct light, carry it around bends as a cable carries electricity. A flashlight was held close to one end of the twisted plastic tube. The other end of the tube shone brightly...
...finds included a foot-high statuet of ivory, first Greek copy ever found of the Apollo Lykeos; the bronze shield of Brasidas, captured at the Battle of Pylos in 425 B.C.; and a statue base bearing the epigram of Simonides, familiar to many a schoolboy: A marvelous great light shone for the Athenians when Harmodios and Aristogeiton slew Hipparchus...
...stillness of the night the car, with its lighted trailer outlined against the dark foliage of trees, began to move. Almost imperceptibly, then faster, it rolled towards the lake below. Suddenly light shone brightly from the door of the trailer. The figure of a matronly woman appeared, sprang into the night. A tall, broad-shoulered man followed. Pell-mell down the dark hill they ran beside the rolling caravan. Then the woman jumped for the running board of the car to pull its brakes. She slipped, fell, lay groaning, while her distracted companion rushed to her side. The car rolled...
...Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals. Passing through the new Roosevelt Memorial visitors entered a vast room of black and grey marble, dimly illuminated from overhead by a light like dusk in the jungle. Around the sides of the hall were 15 reconstructions of animal life. On these shone a light like hot sunshine...