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...surface, perhaps as close as 300,000 miles (the sun's diameter is 900,000 miles). Owen J. Gingerich, lecturer on Astronomy, and Brian Marsden of the SAO expect the total brightness of the comet may then, rival that of the crescent moon, and its tail may extend more than half-way from the horizon to the zenith...
...warning did not seem out of order. It also served as a sharp reminder that, despite U.S. pleas, the nations of Latin America have not yet put together a permanent body to cope with attempted Communist takeovers. Many of the loudest complainers last week were those who turn tail fastest every time the U.S. suggests such a force, which would make unilateral U.S. intervention unnecessary...
...that back in 1934 she hadn't really "written" Mary Poppins at all. "I don't think you can just sit down and think up a Mary Poppins," said she. "I prefer to believe that she brushed by like a bird, and I put salt on her tail...
...Nguyen Cao Ky became an honorary member of the Rhade tribe. It was a memorable experience. First his combat boots were washed in rice wine from a ritual jar into which the flesh of a sacrificial buffalo had been dipped. Then, as the beast's severed head and tail lay near by, a montagnard sorcerer summoned divine spirits to witness an oath of friendship, and a rebel officer swore allegiance to Saigon Finally, to seal the pledge, two smiling girls presented Ky with a tray of cop per bracelets, and he was handed a symbolic weapon-a U.S. Army...
...have paid $65 a seat to watch him, the 29-year-old El Cordobés is the most exciting bullfighter who ever strode the sands. Brushing his great shock of sandy hair out of his eyes, he dances in front of the bull's horns, pulls its tail, turns his back on it, and usually manages to smear its blood all over himself. If the bull won't charge him, he charges the bull; and to keep things exciting, he will receive the bull standing up, on his knees and even sitting down. He has been gored...