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...Brookhaven National Laboratory an engineer was sure that he could account for God scientifically. "Up in the pile we see mass disappearing and becoming energy, but nowhere can we add to or subtract from the total of mass and energy. Where did mass and energy come from? . . . We have found laws to prove we can't make it. Yet it must come from somewhere. There must be a Higher Power who can make...
...Republicans, on the other hand, cannot be completely satisfied with their nominations. Coolidge is quite old 69. His recent challenge of Dever to a foot race does not subtract from the importance of this fact. He is not, moreover, a widely-known candidate, although he was once lieutenant governor...
Numerals printed in italics are correct answers to the 105 questions in this test. Check them against your answers and mark your errors and omissions with an X. Subtract number of Xs from 105 to arrive at your score. For example, if you missed 45 questions, your score
What's wrong with the human face? Nothing, says Pablo Picasso, not a thing. Two eyes, a nose and a mouth are nice in themselves; furthermore it is great fun to add and subtract them, multiply and divide, maul, chop, smear, twist and shred them...
...example, multiply a 16-digit number by another number just as long, subtract something from the product, square the result and add something to the square. From time to time it refers to tables of figures imbedded in its memory, selects the proper figure and includes it in its calculations. It remembers intermediate figures for a fraction of a second, uses them when needed, and then rubs them out like chalk marks on a blackboard. It does all these things and more, without mistakes, faster than a human being can jot down a single figure. When the machine is through...