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...accompanying subtitles are inaccurate, incomplete and overly modest. On several occasions, as during a discussion of virginity, several minutes elapse with no subtitles whatever, and as the Swedish becomes more animated, the subtitles grow thinner...
...Capote is about the size of Napoleon, only thinner. He was wrapped in an off-white, chart-paper tweed suit, with a striped shirt and a black bow tie slightly askew. He looks like a blond Mr. Peepers and talks like a Fleet Street 14-year-old whose voice is about to change. He manages, however, to live down both impressions...
...atmosphere, the pilot must match his speed to the density of the air. As the air grows thicker at lower altitudes, he must slow down to keep the heat of friction from softening his wings. If he comes too close to the danger point, he will veer upward into thinner air to let his plane cool off. Slowed down and cooled off, the X-15 can then glide to the ground, landing on a pair of nosewheels and two skids near the tail...
Part of the appeal of antiques is purely financial: they represent a hedge against inflation, have increased in value as the dollar has declined. U.S. museums spend from $10 million to $20 million a year on new purchases, thus leave the market thinner. Even tax rulings contribute. An antique buyer may sign over his purchase to an institution that will receive it upon his death, take a deduction each year while he keeps it in his home and continues to enjoy it. Or the antique owner can make a "partial donation," leave his possessions in a museum for the summer...
...children last year swallowed gunbore cleaner, soldering flux, reducing pills, battery acid, furniture polish, lighter fluid, airplane glue, fertilizer, narcotics, tranquilizers, rubbing alcohol, hormones, after-shave lotion, camphorated oil, motor oil, iodine, toilet cleaners, laundry bleach, chromium polish, gasoline, kerosene, benzene, paint, wood alcohol, linseed oil, varnish, paint thinner, pesticides, cologne, toilet water...