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...whirling swarm with its double heart of iron approached the impact point from the north-northwest at 20 to 31 miles a second, and at a vertical angle of about 30°. The meteorite "moon" was moving on its orbit about 800 ft. away from the line of flight of the meteorite earth, and considerably behind it. Each collected on its forward side a layer of highly compressed air equivalent in mass to many feet of rock. The air shell of the big meteorite hit the earth first, acting like high explosive and blasting a preliminary crater...
...Broad View. It is hard to overestimate Chato's impact on Brazilian public opinion. His columns and newscasts convey a burning hatred for Communism and a strong regard for the U.S. On issues nearer home, in recent weeks, he called upon the President-elect to "teach Brazilians how to work," denounced "cancerous bureaucrats" and urged exploration of Brazil's oil by foreign companies ("What good does our oil do a thousand feet under the ground...
...pamphlet, entitled "The Impact of Inflation upon Higher Education," is an interim report in the commission's "long-range study of the financial problems of American colleges and universities...
...images as a lingering shot of two boys on their backs in a haywagon, rolling along in tree-dappled sunlight, Director Tourneur evokes a full-blown atmosphere of carefree rural living. Equally expert when the film bursts into melodrama, he uses only two graphic shots to concentrate all the impact of a burning-cross visitation by the Klan. When the parson later heads off a lynching by an appeal to the mob's better instincts, the situation is strictly bogus; yet the scene plays with sure effectiveness...
...current issue of the Jewish monthly, Commentary, Jewish Scholar Will Herberg describes the growing impact of Rosenzweig's work on current Jewish thought. Says Herberg: like the Christian philosopher, Kierkegaard, he felt that religious teachings "cannot be appropriated merely by the intellect; they must be made part of one's existence to be truly understood...