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...Well, folks, it's not long now." As the B-29 let the Bomb go: "For the next minute no one knew what would happen. The bombardier and the right seat jockey or pilot both forgot to put on their dark glasses and therefore witnessed the flash. Then in about 15 seconds after the flash, there were two very distinct slaps, then that was all the physical effect we felt...
More important, East Berlin might have used Ulbricht's re-election to flash a signal to Moscow. As events have shown, Ulbricht was fired at the insistence of the Russians, who wanted to ensure East German cooperation in negotiating a Berlin settlement. The East Germans are now engaged in almost nonstop negotiations with the West Germans. They may well reach agreement this week over new arrangements guaranteeing free transit to and from West Berlin and establishing more contact between the two parts of the divided city. Nonetheless, the East Germans may at the same time wish to indicate their...
...Senate is expected to ratify last week's agreement by next spring. After that Honduras will leave things as they are on Swan. The U.S. technicians will remain, as will Glidden and his family. But another potential -though minor-international flash point has been damped down. Raising his glass in a toast last week, President Cruz remarked that Washington had been wise to give up the Swans. If it had not, he hinted with a straight face, Honduras would have had to resort to force...
Gabor got the idea that led to his prize one day in 1947 while he was waiting his turn at a tennis court in Rugby, England. Out of a sudden flash of insight, he created a system of lensless, three-dimensional photography that became known as holography (from the Greek words for "whole" and "writing...
...more flash-in-the-pan for Bergman fans: everyone manages to notice the broken tricycle during Bibi Andersson's naked crying-jag in the stairwell scene; the camera lingers long enough to mark the symbolism. We have no definitive answers, but "Rosebud" ought to be enough to start the search for meaning...