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...There was strong evidence that the Russians have developed an improved fission triggering device that greatly reduces the amount of radioactive fallout. Part of this new "cleanliness" might be attributed to high-altitude bursts, which do not suck up dust-but there was every reason to believe that the U.S.S.R. has made great strides in sophisticating its atomic art to a point almost equal to that...
Gravy Train. Bryant's salesmanship paid off. A steady stream of sturdy stalwarts rode the gravy train to the oak-dotted Tuscaloosa campus, eager to knock heads and - in Bryant's words - "suck up their guts" for dear old 'Bama. Halfback Mike Fracchia (6 ft. 1 in., 186 lbs.) came from Memphis, Tenn., because "I wanted to play on a good team and I knew Coach Bryant was going to turn one out." Among Bryant's first batch of hand-picked recruits were two of Alabama's brightest stars: Quarterback Pat Trammell and Tackle Billy...
Despite the tropical heat, the Zinacantecos drink little water while working. If the men found small purple flowers growing, they might pick one and suck its bitter stem. The juice of the flower helps to allay thirst. But otherwise, the walapoho suffers the fate of any other weed, tumbled over by the hoes into the black earth. Work ended around four in the afternoon: water had to be hauled, and the mules taken care of. One of the men might go hunting with an old muzzle-loading shotgun while others looked for mushrooms...
When the bomb first burst, it would suck up millions of tons of earth and other debris, carrying them to over 100,000 ft. into the air and saturating them with more than 200 species of radioactive particles. Depending on wind and other conditions, these particles would fall back in lethal quantities over an area extending perhaps 150 miles from ground zero. As a rough rule of thumb, lag between the bomb's flash and the beginning of fallout might be figured at one minute for each quarter-mile from ground zero; thus, at 30 miles it would...
...sailplane enthusiast, the best things in life are a cramped cockpit, a long slender wing, a stout updraft, and unending miles of sky. Given these things, plus ice to suck and fruit to munch, he will soar hawklike for hours on invisible fountains of air, wrapped in a silence so absolute that he can hear the faint whistle of a train passing below. Last week, in the 28th annual national soaring championships at Wichita's municipal airport, the pick of the U.S.'s 2,500 sailplane pilots were living the good life high above the Kansas plains...