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Painfully Solemn. Some of them insist that it was caused by a comet; others prefer to believe that a huge, extraterrestrial spaceship crashed in Siberia, or perhaps jettisoned nuclear fuel that exploded and dug the crater. In 1959, an expedition of students from Tomsk University claimed to have found that the area is still radioactive, and so many Russians accepted their observations that the Soviet Academy of Sciences sent its own expedition-which found no abnormal radioactivity...
Soviet publications are painfully solemn in most respects, but in science they go the limit in their search for sensationalism. They tell with wide-eyed enthusiasm of numerous sightings of abominable snowmen. They have seriously reported salamanders that came to life after being frozen solid for 5,000 years; a semiconductor device that gives out more energy than is fed into it; a monster that leaves tracks on the bottom of the ocean; a heavy mass of ice that fell from space and did not melt; a mysterious force pervading the universe that makes all revolving bodies, such as Earth...
Several lawyers found fault with Belli's style. In the opinion of St. Louis Lawyer Morris Shenker, "Belli violated almost every principle of a criminal defense. This was a case that called for humbleness. It required a serene, solemn and sober defense." Added Beverly Hills Lawyer Paul Caruso: "Wade was perfect in his role. Belli was too flashy. What Ruby needed was a defense lawyer who could have matched Wade's demeanor, perhaps a small-town Texas lawyer, old-fashioned and down to earth, with suspenders instead of a velvet collar." The professional verdict on Belli...
With a glance at the bronze-faced clock above the presiding officer's chair, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield rose in the well of the Senate Chamber. His lined, angular face was even more solemn than usual. His words came slowly and with feeling...
...sidewalk, then rise in bewilderment and say, "Did I do this? Did I do this?" George Senator, 50, Ruby's bachelor roommate who identified himself as "a former postcard salesman," recalled that Ruby woke him at 3 a.m. the day after Kennedy was shot, seemed "very, very solemn, very moody." Dallas Rabbi Hillel Silverman, who had known Ruby for ten years, recalled that one day last year Ruby suddenly appeared on Silverman's front yard with half a dozen dogs. Said the rabbi: "Suddenly he began to cry. He said, 'I'm unmarried,' and, pointing...