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Colonial Reminder. At the zenith of Britain's imperial power in the late 1800s, the Colonial Office ruled more than 100 colonies in every quarter of the globe. It might, in fact, have ruled more, but the office got off to a bad start. It was created in 1660 as the Council of Foreign Plantations to supervise British settlements in the Western Hemisphere. After the American colonists revolted-partly in protest against the unenlightened policies of Colonial Secretaries-the Colonial Office was abolished for nearly 75 years, and its functions reverted to other ministries. When the Colonial Office...
...second quarter reports turned in by U.S. corporations, Zenith Radio Corp.'s is one of the most eye-popping. Earnings were up by an astronomic 85%, to $7,497,000, over the same period last year; sales rose by 60% to $146,816,000. Most of the rise was due to exploding demand for the company's color television sets; in fact, sales of Zenith's color TV receivers alone surpassed the corporation's total consolidated sales for the second quarter of only two years...
...sunshine for 14 consecutive earth days before lunar nightfall descended, British scientists were hopeful that the spacecraft's solar-powered batteries might last long enough for it to transmit pictures of the same scenes at regular intervals for several days. Then, as the sun gradually moved through its zenith toward the lunar horizon, ridges and rocks would cast changing shadows that would reveal more information about their size and shape. But at week's end the Russians announced that they had completed Luna 9's program, leading the scientists to speculate that its batteries had failed-perhaps...
...diameter is 900,000 miles). Owen J. Gingerich, lecturer on Astronomy, and Brian Marsden of the SAO expect the total brightness of the comet may then, rival that of the crescent moon, and its tail may extend more than half-way from the horizon to the zenith...
...rate 70% ahead of the record established last year (1,400,000 color sets sold). This industry expects a further lift this fall, when 96% of NBC's prime-time shows will be in color and CBS and ABC will also greatly increase color programming (TIME, March 19). Zenith's Wright predicts that the number of U.S. families with color sets will jump this year from 2,800,000 to 5,300,000-or one U.S. family in nine...