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...massive, floating box-and-cloister of Charles Luckman's United States pavilion, and disapprovingly on Bell Telephone's flying wing, which looks more like a big hunk of sedimentary rock than an airfoil. The three-acre building that houses General Motors' Futurama ends in one gigantic tail fin, which may be good as advertising but is ridiculous as architecture. The boldest structure at the fair is Architect Philip Johnson's New York State pavilion: 16 tremendous columns support an elliptical roof of colored plastics that is larger than a football field...
...much thrust for a plane on its landing approach. But the research ship picks up no extra speed; its extra thrust is contained by big clamshell deflectors that can be controlled by the pilot. NASA's 707 drops down to the runway so slowly that its horizontal tail surfaces need special, upside-down flaps, which slant upward from the stabilizer's leading edge, to make the air flow over them properly at low speed...
...Later a tail wind picked up without ruffling the water, and the JV's time of 5:59.4 in its four-length win over Navy was faster than both Navy and Penn varsities'. The freshmen too had a good 6:05.8 time as the Penn crews came in third in each contest...
...there is a taste of gospel, a pop tune and even opera (the Willow Song from Otello). Makeba can manage them all, but her heart is in the songs of her own people, like Ohude and Uyadela. "When all the beasts of the earth had gone to fetch their tails," she sings in Zulu, "the rock rabbit had long given up all hope, hence the absence of his tail...
...outside, Hill Rise was ranging up fast. At the furlong pole, just ⅛ mi. from the wire, the Dancer still led by two lengths. Whipping furiously, Shoemaker closed the gap. With 50 ft. to go, Hill Rise's nose was even with the Dancer's tail. Two more strides, and he was 1 length behind. Another stride-but there was no more time. The two horses swept past the wire, with Northern Dancer in front by a neck. Track stewards called for a photograph to make sure. Shoemaker knew that he had lost. "I tried," he sighed. "Lord...