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...Some of the other most recognizable scientists: Jonas Salk, Wernher von Braun, William Shockley, Edward Teller, Rene Dubos, Glenn Seaborg, Carl Sagan...
...find he was facing a gun. Their access secured, five other terrorists, one a woman, entered the building. Armed with submachine guns, they raced to the top floors and barricaded themselves, along with twelve hostages, including Ambassador Dietrich Stoecker, 59, and his military attaché, Lieut. Colonel Andreas Baron von Mirbach...
...lower floors quickly escaped, some on fire ladders. Using a house phone, the terrorists then ordered Swedish police to leave the lower floors of the building, and threatened to shoot a hostage unless they obeyed. The police stalled, hoping to establish personal contact-and the terrorists shot Lieut. Colonel von Mirbach fatally...
...fact the contraption was never meant to be a child's device. Pace Leonardo, some researchers have perceived the outlines of bicycles in the frescoes of Pompeii and the tombs of Egypt. In any case, it was not until 1816 that the German baron, Karl von Drais, devised a recognizable model of the contemporary machine. That bike had everything a rider would want-except pedals. The cyclist walked perched on a saddle and propelled himself by running and gliding. In the mid-19th century rubber tires replaced the old boneshaking metal rims and high-wheelers elevated the rider...
...Handel concert; Charlotte Kaufman, harpsichord, Friedrich Von Huene, recorder and flute, Elizabeth Epstein, flute and voice, and Laura Jeppesen, gamba. Eliot Library...