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Godthaab, capital of South Greenland (population: 700), Penfield and West made their way to the U.S.'s most northerly consulate. They were astonished to find that Greenlanders, with almost 24 hours of sunlight a day during the summer, have daylight saving time...
Through the great bank of labor storm clouds over the U.S. last week appeared signs of sunlight. But first the thunderheads grew blacker. Near Milwaukee, at Allis-Chalmers, were riots and disorder. Failure of mine operators and workers to agree on a new contract shut down most of the country's soft-coal mines, resulted in death to five men in bloody Harlan County, Ky. Negotiations between C.I.O. and U.S. Steel reached an impasse and union leaders set the date for a walkout. The far-reaching Ford strike (see p. 21) made things seem even worse...
Bright-faced German boys in tanks, at torpedo tubes, squinting over bombsights, had finally done Experience's job. The British had learned their lesson bloodily, at firsthand, in the broad sunlight of the day Mahan had foretold. The sun rises later in the U. S. But there too at last Mahan's day was dawning...
Fungi (with the algae which do have chlorophyll) are the earth's oldest and most primitive plants, lacking root, stems and leaves. Fungi also lack the power of green plants to make food out of sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and must therefore live off organic matter. So there are two types of fungi: 1) parasites, which feed on living plants and animals; 2) saprophytes, which feed on dead organisms. Pleasant are some fungi, such as the mushrooms (commercially grown on horse manure) which decorate steaks. Valuable are others, like the bacteria which decompose dead organisms, fix nitrogen...
Visitors found much to marvel at, much to admire. The four and a half acres of oak-floored galleries were fitted with comfortable, upholstered sofas. In all the 90 galleries on the main floor, light fell with scientifically controlled evenness through laminated glass skylights, which let in diffused sunlight by day, artificial sunlight by night. In the basement, a Dali dream of convoluted pipes and fans air-conditioned the whole building, from the soaring spaces of the rotunda to the tiled cafeteria where staff and public could snatch a sandwich between expeditions...