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...boulevard in the Moslem quarter. The cars, loaded with dynamite and 105-mm. shells, exploded in the late afternoon, littering the street with 76 dead and wounded Moslems. Moslems mourned their dead all night long, and the wailing was interrupted only at dawn-by three other heavy charges of plastic bombs in the Moslem quarter...
...instant he felt a 15-G jolt, but the hard-fingered wind never touched his body. At 15,000 ft., a small parachute opened and checked the capsule's fall; then a bigger parachute lowered him and capsule to the earth, the impact softened by crushable plastic shock absorbers. His first words when the capsule opened: "No sweat...
...found beauty not in the lofty mountains or endless plains but in the hectic pace of the cities and their neon gaudiness. He painted the human figure, but said that for him "the human figure has no more importance than keys or bicycles. These are for me objects of plastic value to be used as I wished." He could consciously ignore the rules of perspective: in almost all his paintings, everything happens on the surface. But if his paintings are often flat, they are never dead. Léger's bold shapes and bright colors, carefully chosen for contrast...
...range from the "World Roundup," which in a recent number was entitled, "Unrest, Gloom Persist in Most Global Hotspots," to the minutiae of "This Spinning World." One "Spinning World" item in the same issue said, "South African milk producers are planning a major shift in packaging, from bottles to plastic bags...
Slow Death. As peace appeared ever closer, the S.A.O. seemed ever more desperately determined to prevent it. During a single morning last week, 54 S.A.O. plastic bombs exploded in the Moslem quarter of Oran, burying families in the debris of tumbled tenements. The French army, torn between loyalty to De Gaulle and reluctance to give up Algeria, continued to show convenient blindness toward S.A.O. activities: Jeeploads of terrorists openly wore army-type uniforms and S.A.O. armbands. But there were signs, too, that the army was becoming increasingly disgusted with the S.A.O...