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...result, they form a huge disk-shaped magnetic field; the electrons and protons that swirl within it create powerful electrical currents that may discharge lightning bolts all the way to Io, the innermost of Jupiter's nine moons...
Amidst a riotous swirl of banners and balloons Miami's cavernous Convention Hall, Richard Nixon strode to the microphones on Aug. 8, 1968, and, confident of victory in November, accepted the Republican nomination for President. It was the culmination, he said, of "an impossible dream" he had had all his life. Four years later, Nixon was renominated for what looked like-and proved to be-a push over of a campaign for a second term. On yet another Aug. 8, last week, Nixon announced his resignation, midway through his term, ruined by his own deeds. The impossible dream...
...from Central America to the Middle East and India, the polar winds have in effect caused the Sahara and other deserts to reach farther to the south. Paradoxically, the same vortex has created quite different weather quirks in the U.S. and other temperate zones. As the winds swirl around the globe, their southerly portions undulate like the bottom of a skirt. Cold air is pulled down across the Western U.S. and warm air is swept up to the Northeast. The collision of air masses of widely differing temperatures and humidity can create violent storms-the Midwest's recent rash...
...substantial occupational danger exists where University-employed workers sand down old vinyl and asbestos floor tiles to make a flat surface on which to lay new ones. Pipe insulation installers become covered with crumbling asbestos sealants while working in the steam tunnels that connect Harvard buildings. The incessant swirl of stop-and-go traffic around Cambridge exposes us all to fibers ground off brake shoe linings. Demolition and construction activities on the Nathan M. Pusey Library and Canaday Hall constitute another major source of asbestos pollution...
...train enters a tunnel as it crosses under the Hudson River. In a minute it has halted in Penn Station, where crowds of people swirl on the platform, rushing to get a seat. The loudspeaker announces, "The Southern Crescent leaving in ten minutes for points north...New Haven... Providence...Boston." A uniformed porter carries the heavy suitcase of a tall, slender woman who wears sunglasses despite the dimness of the platform...