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...light. At first they thought that it was an average, sun-sized star that gives less light because of low temperature. But by 1915 astronomers were able to prove that its surface is really hotter than the sun's and gives three times as much light per square inch. If a star's surface is bright but the star as a whole gives off little light, then the only possible conclusion is that the star must be small. The Companion turned out to be only about 25,000 miles in diameter, and into this comparatively modest volume...
...with the trademark running with the grain so that Berra could have his habit-and his hits. When Cardinal First Baseman Stan Musial grumbled that his bats had lost their "feel," Hillerich hustled to St. Louis, discovered that Musial had worn down the handles a decisive %4th of an inch by scraping them against the dugout steps as he waited...
Maniot girls are shy, grave and graceful, with large, luminous black eyes that reminded Fermor of the Madonnas in Byzantine icons. The men shave once a week, and some of them sport the black, eight-inch handlebar mustaches of their piratical forebears. Descendants...
Concluded Optimist Dale: "Let us face it. Europe is vigorous and thriving, and fully with us. The Soviets have hardly made an inch in ten years in the uncommitted world, and we have made several. Perhaps we could make a few more if we would only relax, stop mourning, and keep on doing what we have been doing...
...Olympic squad, Pole Vaulter Don Bragg, 29, had pointed for the 1960 team. At Palo Alto, Bragg sprinted down the runway, set his pole, hauled hard with his weight lifter's arms, and soared over the bar at 15 ft. 9¼ in. to break by an inch the world record of Marine Bob Gutowski. Then started one of the wildest victory dances in track history. Bellowing with delight, Bragg tossed wood shavings in the air, waved his arms about his head and bounded about the field like a dipsy kangaroo. Out of the stands pell-melled Bragg...