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...world like a fatheaded sperm whale, the craft is the world's first aluminum submarine. Its 51 -ft. hull consists of eleven forged cylinders. Since aluminum's strength-to-weight ratio exceeds that of steel, the Aluminaut's 6½-in.-thick shell will withstand pressures of 7,500 lbs. per sq. in. at the sub's 17,000-ft. maximum diving range. At the same time, the craft is buoyant enough to surface, submerge and operate easily under its own power...
When most animals are exposed to heat, they keep cool by sweating or panting. Not the camel. Its nappy coat insulates it against external temperatures, and it can withstand body temperatures of up to 104.9°F. before its sweat glands begin to function. As the camel is cooled by its evaporating sweat, it can lose up to 30% of its total body weight without harm because the water content in the blood plasma stays close to normal, permitting the blood to circulate freely. Camels loping in after a two-week journey across the sands are often in an extremely...
...brinkmanship is a pretty good word." In his running figh-with Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, he does not question the reliability of U.S. missiles once they are in flight; what he does say is that it is not yet known whether silo doors and other such ground mechanisms could withstand attack from an enemy's nuclear weapons...
There is a more relaxed atmosphere in the liberal arts college, but even there danger threatens. "The lure of dollars for scholarly research is a strong enticement, to say the least," Dean David Truman of Columbia College said last week. "Only the best-established liberal arts college can withstand such pressures, and it remains to be seen whether they can do so much longer...
...Washington's Walter Reed Hospital operated on him and removed his gall bladder. He appeared to progress fairly well after that, but soon he began to fail. For four weeks he fought tenaciously to live. Doctors performed two more major operations. It seemed that no ordinary man could withstand such punishment, but incredibly, MacArthur clung to life. Then at last he let go, drifted into a coma. His great will was no longer a match for his old body...