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Such is the sophistication of modern man that no scientists were in danger last week of losing their heads, as had the ancient Chinese court astronomers Hsi and Ho for failing to predict the imminence of a solar eclipse. No one in the U.S. shot arrows into the sky, as...
Despite its predictability and the fading of associated fables, the totality of last week's eclipse over the nation's most populous areas and its unprecedented television coverage carried echoes of ancient forebodings and reminded man again of his cosmic impotence. It may be more common today to...
The meet was highlighted by the final day jumping competition which was conducted at a somewhat he? pace. Officials hurried the contestants along in order to finish the events before the solar eclipse plunged the slopes into darkness.
Familiar Pattern. U.S. support, however, proved inadequate last week. Fresh from their easy victories on the Plain of Jars, the Communists took Xieng Khouang, then moved south and east toward the government position at Muong Soui. When Communist guns neutralized Muong Soui's airstrip, making reinforcement impossible, the 100...
As darkness engulfed Nantucket, sparrows and ospreys began to roost, and Venus and some stars became visible. In the island's interior, the heavy wind suddenly died out, and when the moon obscured the sun's disc, the entire island erupted in a spontaneous gasp as clusters of eclipse watchers...