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...Then it rushed into the base of the column and up, clearing the air so that you could see countless tons of water rushing skyward-drawn up the column by that tremendous unseen force. The column went up & up and finally mushroomed. About three minutes* later, the report, like a nearby cannon shot, hit us and was followed by several seconds of dull rumbling. Then the mushroom expanded into a free halo, growing with tornado-like speed and reaching nearly over our ship before it appeared to cease growing. Then it appeared to connect itself to the main column...
...taken representatives from the enclosure on a tour of the blood-spattered ruins of Compound 76, the officers marched out in orderly ranks, five abreast. As a reward for obedience and a mark of respect for their rank, Boatner ordered the machine-guns on the watchtowers turned skyward during the transfer. Only one North Korean officer stepped out of ranks; he identified himself as an antiCommunist...
...block were thrown out of bed,knocked off their feet, buried or bruised by smashed plaster and fallen timbers. At the same split second, flame from blazing floods of aviation gasoline burst into great curtains of fire. Clouds of smoke, and of steam created by the driving rain, billowed skyward. Trees filled magically with nightgowns and lingerie from the cargo...
College tuition rates will not follow the skyward pattern of the rest of the Ivy League, according to current plans, Provost Buck said last night...
Like light waves, radio frequency energy tends to travel in a straight line. In the lower frequencies, radio waves that shoot skyward bounce back from electrically charged layers of the upper atmosphere, thus clearing the curve of the earth. Most Very High Frequency waves (30 to 300 megacycles) bore right through the upper atmosphere and are dissipated into outer space, so V.H.F. should not travel far beyond the visual horizon...