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...genuine long-distance swimmers, the tank suit to put a lid on it is White Stag's Speedo. The all-nylon suit, worn by all but one of the 1968 Olympic Gold Medal winners, can even be had with a racing stripe down the side. Speedo wearers do not even have to make the crawl from Dover to Calais: the suit looks authentic enough to get there...
...They also saw miniaturized versions of the larger glassy spheres spotted and collected by the Apollo astronauts; they were apparently formed by splashes of hot debris from meteorite impacts. Several scientists showed electron micrographs of pyroxenes (a mineral also found on earth) that had crystallized in a remarkable candy-stripe pattern. The investigators also saw tiny tracks produced in the rocks by the bombardment of cosmic ray and solar particles. Made millions and even billions of years ago, these markings are permanent records of the sun's activity. From them, scientists may learn, for example, if the earth...
...draft, but also to guarantee the security of our own futures. Maybe we have wanted to acquire certain skills in schooling which would help us help others, but we have kept our best interests in mind, too. In this sense, we have guilty admiration for true revolutionaries, whatever their stripe-they have found the courage to sacrifice personal expediency for social necessity...
...Paul's Cathedral in London, where they hope to stage Superstar, explained hastily that he had "nothing to do with the casting." By then, the producers were getting a little nervous too, and the offer was withdrawn. No matter. The frustrated Messiah has a project of another stripe coming up. Avant-Garde magazine will soon publish his latest artistic efforts-a series of lithographs depicting Mr. and Mrs. Lennon making love...
...squat, muscular ball carrier atop the Heisman Trophy conveys the very essence of the purposeful, straight-ahead backfield powerhouse. As a rule, however, the award that designates the country's best college football player goes to a man of flashier stripe-the fancy-Dan quarterback, the breakaway halfback. Not this year. In Tailback Steve Owens of Oklahoma, the Heisman electors tapped a man little given to subtlety afield. "Oh, he can fake people," says one of his coaches, "but more often he just splatters...