Word: massed
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Hobbs grew up in Concord, Mass. as one of four siblings. He is unsure exactly what the future holds for him now that he has retired, although he is sure of some differences...
...challenge of the new millennium. It is incumbent upon Americans to show the way. So that all humanity can benefit, we must take the leadership role as explorers, pioneers and innovators in seeking new worlds. "Up, up and away!" should be the new battle cry. GEORGE H. GEORGERIAN Haverhill, Mass...
...Joseph Newman, I find your assessment to be inaccurate. A special master appointed by a U.S. district court found overwhelming evidence that a prototype of Newman's invention showed that "the output energy exceeds the external input energy." Newman's discovery has extended the law of the conservation of mass-energy into a new electromagnetic domain. Such extensions of natural law into new domains are typical in the history of scientific progress. Newman has produced a revolutionary electromagnetic technology for the 21st century. EVAN SOULE JR. New Orleans
DIED. EDWARD GOREY, 75, author and illustrator of more than 100 morbidly funny books; of a heart attack; in Yarmouth Port, Mass. A former book-jacket designer, he created such macabre classics as The Gashlycrumb Tinies, an alphabet book in which A stands for "Amy who fell down the stairs." Though not a recluse, Gorey avoided the limelight (he declined a 1980 Tony Award for his gothic Dracula set design). Despite plaudits from critics such as Edmund Wilson, Gorey said that to take his work seriously would be "the height of folly...
...captain cried out, "My God, Mr. Chase, what is the matter?" The first mate replied, "We have been stove by a whale." Moby Dick? No, this leviathan was part of the real-life drama that inspired the Melville story. Halfway around the world from its home port of Nantucket, Mass., while chasing whales in the South Seas, the 238-ton whaler Essex was rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale. The episode, in November 1820, was the Titanic disaster of its day, much discussed because of what ensued...