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...less an authority than Princeton's grey, gentle Henry Norris Russell, whom many consider the greatest living astronomer, now goes even further: he declares that the Strand discovery should settle the centuries-old argument over whether there are inhabited planets besides the Earth. Dr. Russell asserts confidently that there are - probably thousands of them...
...solar system has now been accepted by astronomers. The proof consists of the mathematical evidence of the presence of a dark companion revolving around one of the stars in Cygnus (the Swan). The presence of this body was first reported last autumn by Swarthmore's Astronomer K. Aa. Strand...
...four members of the Ancient Society of College Youths rang hand bells at the west door in London's Strand...
...Commander Frank David Higbee had a new assignment where he would undoubtedly originate more forecastle tales. With him he carried the thanks of Mayor Fletcher Bowron and a scroll from his enlisted men: "Just blow that whistle from Greenland's icy mountain to India's coral strand and there won't be a man jack of us left in California...
Small dynamite land mines, exploded by instructors, showered the crawling soldiers with geysers of mud. Two-thirds of the way across they ran into a barbed-wire obstruction, had to roll over the first strand, inch along on their backsides under the rest. With red-hot bullets above them, they wasted no time...