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...Said Albert C. Hall, DOD's space expert, "The astronaut will have to do more than throw a switch, which is about all they have done in Mercury." The partisans of such manned space stations must also prove that an alert enemy cannot destroy them with a small fraction of the effort that it took to put them in orbit. Says skeptical Dr. Hall: "When I came to the Department of Defense last summer, I didn't think much could be done with a man in space. My attitude is still 'I gotta be shown...
...synthetic fur coats, which, complained one speaker, "are so heavy that only well-trained athletes can wear them." Only about 30% of the workers in the industry are engaged in production, while the rest are occupied with maintenance or bureaucratic tasks. Moreover, workers are underpaid and receive only a fraction of the prescribed incentive bonuses...
...flags, Volkswagen racing is serious business. Grand Prix cars are strictly for pros, Ferraris are for millionaires, and Corvettes are for finance companies. The Formula Junior was supposed to be every man's racer-a pint-sized Grand Prix car that offered most of the thrills for a fraction of the cost. But prices quickly shot up to $7,000 or more...
Before 1958, only a fraction of the Wittelsbach Schatzkammer's contents had been shown to the public, and then only in a cramped, subterranean vault. The Bavarian government decided to bring the treasure out of the dark, spent $250,000 in preparing new quarters in a wing of the family's sprawling Munich residence, which is a replica of Florence's Pitti Palace and a next-door neighbor to the rebuilt Nationaltheater (TIME, Dec. 6). Now-slowly, because it is not much publicized-the Schatzkammer is becoming one of the show attractions of Europe (see opposite page...
...students paying at the full tuition rate) and $5400 (for students paying at the reduced tuition rate) for a full-time appointment. However, all teaching fellows are part-time teachers, since they are also part-time graduate students. Pay for each teaching fellow is calculated as a fraction of $4200 or $5400, usually in terms of fifth or quarters. The average teaching fellow in the humanities or social sciences works two-fifths to three-fifths time; in the natural sciences he works one-quarter to one-half time. To give an idea, one-fifth load is one section...