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...airliner he used to pilot in the U. S. "We made a trip once," he explains, "and there weren't any passengers aboard. That's how I lost my commercial license." Before he leaves the prison camp, Milland tells the commanding officer about a rat in his cell-"a very intelligent rat, so I named him Adolf and taught him how to give the Nazi salute...
...down in the Maginot Line's Fort of Rotherberg in Lorraine. Like a sunken battleship, the fortress throbbed eight hours a day as Diesels pumped in air and light. At 10 o'clock the motors stopped. The lights went out. Then sleep in Chambrun's concrete cell battled with claustrophobia. The first night he had to climb up to the iron entrance and gasp for fresh air through the crack above the concrete sill. "Just pretend you are a monk living in the Middle Ages," counseled Bentz, his cellmate. After a month of living like a mole...
...valleys on the Western slope of the Andes from an elevation of 1000 to 2600 meters over an arid desolate and sparsely inhabited country. Nearly every one who spends a night here is affected a few days later with a severe anemia which often proves fatal. The red blood cell count may drop at the rate of a million...
Planetary life, whatever its forms, must be built of cells or some other organic units comparable to the cells of earth's plants and animals. Such cells must have access to water, as a medium of nourishment and energy exchange, and to oxygen or carbon dioxide for metabolism. An atmosphere would also be desirable, 1) as a storehouse of oxygen and carbon dioxide; 2) as a shield against the ultraviolet radiation of the parent sun; 3) as a muffler against sharp day & night temperature changes. Any conceivable kind of living cell would be killed or paralyzed by extreme cold...
Located on the East front wall of the Library, the chute consists of rollers and a container for the books. When a certain number of books have been dropped into the chute, a photo electric cell connection is broken, lowering the floor of the container so as to make room for more volumes. After about 75 books have collected in the container, an automatic alarm summons the night watchman...