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...arms and a friend." Despite his differences with the U.S., the French President was the first foreign head of state to announce that he would fly to Washington for the funeral. Scrawled in the book of condolences at the American embassy in Paris was a message from an unknown Frenchman: "To General Eisenhower, in deep homage also to those who fell on the beaches of Normandy. We shall never forget...
Contemporary scientists have been far less convinced that Mars has water. They believe that the caps consist not of snow or ice but largely of frozen carbon dioxide, the principal constituent of the atmosphere of Mars. Some have suggested that the color changes are due to unknown chemical reactions, or to seasonal winds that alternately deposit sand from bright lowlands onto the dark highland surfaces and then blow it away. Their views have not been contradicted by spectrographic studies of the Martian atmosphere. Although some of these studies have detected traces of water vapor, the evidence has not been distinct...
...Gutman collection is a 17th century enameled gold votive crown by an anonymous Peruvian goldsmith. It was probably commissioned by a grateful grandee whose prayer to a saint or the Virgin had been answered, and was intended to be reverently set before the saint's altar in some unknown church...
...record executives tell the story with a straight face. It's last April, and one of their veeps comes in with demo tapes of an unknown girl singer, name of Roslyn Kind. Yawns all around. But then the voice comes on, strong and hard-edged, like all the Barbra Streisands in the world rolled up in one. Cynics straighten up in their chairs; jaded old ears listen for the flawed cadence, the flattened phrase that never comes. Another listen, then unanimity: Sign her up. Only then does the guy who brought the tapes spring his surprise...
With such an unorthodox style of play, the Bruins enter the Eastern Division series as the unknown threat. In the Western Division playoffs, St. Louis should have little trouble disposing of the other young teams in the league. The Blues should face Philadelphia in the first round, with the Oakland Seals and the Los Angeles Kings pairing for the chance to meet them in the second round...