Word: leveled
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...years the water level would gradually inch up to form an inland sea about half as big as Lake Erie. After that, the rapid evaporation in the hot desert air plus some seepage and regulation of the water intake would keep the level permanently some 150 ft. below sea level, providing the United Arab Republic with a perpetual source of power. Estimated cost of the project: $360 million...
What now ranks as one of Europe's greatest archaeological finds was first discovered in 1933 by a local schoolmaster walking his class along a peninsula jutting into Lake Biskupin. Because of recent dredging of the Gasawka River, the lake's level had fallen 10 to 15 feet, and the schoolmaster spotted long rows of logs sticking out of a mud flat at a 45° angle. He reported his discovery, and presently Director Josef Kostrzewski of the Poznan museum came down for a look. Preliminary digging showed that the peninsula had once been an island completely covered...
Shielding can be used to protect the spacemen, but Dow estimated that 100 lbs. of lead per sq. ft. will be required to keep Van Allen or flare radiation at a safe level. That figures at no less than 11,000 Ibs.-more than the total weight of the heaviest satellite yet put into orbit, the U.S.S.R.'s Sputnik III-for shielding in a cramped, man-carrying capsule only six feet in diameter. Dow conceded that better shielding materials than lead may be found. But he saw little chance that the light and roomy satellite stations so dear...
...elephant than a hamster. They're a bit perturbed about having to carry a bigger load." When young mice or hamsters are put on a centrifuge, they usually lose considerable weight for three or four days. "Apparently they have trouble digesting their food," says Dr. Wunder. "They level off and gain back their original weight, but they never get as big as ordinary mice...
...Humphrey (Doubleday; $3.95), The Real Nixon (Rand McNally; $3.95), and Nelson Rockefeller (Harper; $5.50). All four are tender love letters that would do credit to Elizabeth ("Let me count the ways") Barrett Browning. The Rockefeller book is an attempt to bring a glittering millionaire down to the aw-shucks level, e.g., he got a niggardly 25?-a-week allowance as a boy, didn't go to "any exclusive preparatory school," but to Manhattan's progressive Lincoln. It also contains some odd facts about the Governor; e.g., one eye is bluer than the other; he is ambidextrous. Except...