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Captain Houot is confident that the FNRS 3 could have dived much deeper; he would like to take her into the deepest places in the world's oceans, such as the 34,000-ft. trench between New Zealand and the Tonga Islands. The FNRS 3 is theoretically able to stand the pressure of 52,000 ft. of sea water, but for the sake of prudence, a new and stronger bathyscaphe would be required for this ultimate dive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Deepest Divers | 3/1/1954 | See Source »

...been said that this newly formed government represents the last trench of democracy," said Milan's // Corriere della Sera. "This may be an exaggeration and much too pessimistic. But nevertheless it is true that this government represents a trench well worth defending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: A Trench to Defend | 2/22/1954 | See Source »

...other end of the lobby a crowd came out of an elevator. One of the men wore a trench-coat and a hat low over his eyes. The fat girl squealed...

Author: By Richard H. Ullman, | Title: Man of the People | 2/5/1954 | See Source »

...spite of all obstacles, however, Les Eyzies yielded impressive results. In six weeks of digging. Movius and his assistants found more than ten thousand artifacts in a trench only a meter wide by 13 meters long. He has extensive plans for future work in the area-'I'd like to dig there for six or seven years," he says. Movius hopes ot establish an international summer project at the site for interested students form institutions all over the world. "It would be a place for people who want training in excavation techniques," he explains, 'I'd be glad to take...

Author: By Daniel A. Rezneck, | Title: Peabody Museum: Lures for Laymen, Nerve-Centre for the Anthropologist | 2/5/1954 | See Source »

Suddenly the tension broke as the partly red, partly trench coated band blared out of Memorial; across the street it marched, effectively blocking traffic. A widecyed neophyte questioned the second trombonist, "Where is the band going to march?" The musician answered evasively, "All over," then slyly queried, "You from Princeton?" Seeing the hastily produced Bursar's Card, he explained, "It's a good thing, otherwise you'd get killed tonight...

Author: By Edmund H. Harvey, | Title: "A Real Sock It to 'Em" | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

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