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...bore is 280 millimeters (11 in.). Since the vital parts of an atom bomb must be roughly spherical, the atomic explosive packed into the gun's shell is not likely to be much larger than a sphere eleven inches in diameter (a regulation basketball...
...Britons are psychoanalyzed (man on the couch to his analyst, who is sound asleep in a chair behind him: ". . . and always, I feel that I'm an awful bore...
Clear & Steady. He became a founder and later director of a new sort of school-"an institution for the continued education of the educated." As Johnson saw it, "the educated . . . bore a heavy social responsibility ... It was therefore of the utmost importance that the educated mind remain clear and steady." But unfortunately, the good minds seemed to him to be the first to be eroded by "torrents of emotion-bearing catchwords." What the U.S. needed, he decided, was a place where the educated could refresh themselves with reflection and study...
...some 6,000 members. Their principal shoot is held in late summer at Friendship, Ind., but the most devoted also get together for a yearly shoot at Fort Ticonderoga. This year 85 true believers made the trip, spent a smoky weekend happily blazing away at National Rifle Association small-bore targets. "They're all crazy," commented a Ticonderoga resident (no muzzle-loader fan), "but they have...
Author Wilson seems to see his novel as a modern morality play. In its terms, vulgarity is evil, good taste is grace, "to let life bore you" is the cardinal sin, and no one is ever saved from anything. His crisp prose style and his deft aim with the acid of satire keep his novel from being pointlessly sordid. But as the parade of homosexual flirts, pimps and spivs crosses its pages, it becomes uncertain whether Author Wilson is exploring the lower depths of England or of Hell...