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...recent two-day thaw, most of the New England ski areas have reported poor to fair ski conditions. The rise in temperatures has turned most of the powder into ice and melted much of the base. At last report, conditions...
...build a self-contained empire. He began mining the area's neglected iron pyrite deposits (for sulphuric acid), then built a plant to process the pyrite wastes, and extracted 600,000 tons of pig iron yearly-a boon for iron-poor Italy. He made blasting powder for his own mines and turned Catini into Italy's No. 1 explosives manufacturer. Long before industry as a whole appreciated the need for research, he surrounded himself with scientists, and Catini's white-coated Giacomo Fauser developed the world-famous nitrogen fixation process that made it a leader in producing...
...reason why U.S. women outlive men by an average of four years is "our curious cult of manliness," wrote Dr. Lemuel C. McGee, medical director of the Hercules Powder Co., in Today's Health. "The practice of manliness has become a curse-a lethal curse. The American male has been indoctrinated with the philosophy that he must live, work and play at a dizzy pace . . . Whether such behavior is necessary or desirable is rarely considered. The man can take it! He must show others that he can take it and disregard any limitations of his mind or body...
...tense hours one day last week, official Washington hung breathlessly on the march of events in the powder-keg Middle East, not knowing whether the U.S. would or would not be in a shooting war with Russian "volunteers" within the next 48 hours. Diplomatic dispatches from U.S. Ambassador to Russia Charles E. Bohlen and press reports from U.S. correspondents in Moscow added up to a tentative conclusion: the Russians had decided to move their "volunteers" at least into Syria and possibly into Egypt, to stake out the Red army's first foothold in the Middle East. U.S. intelligence added...
...Between powder blue covers and printed on cheap newsprint rests one of the most interesting, amusing, and frightening books to come out of Russia in recent years. A textbook for students at the high school level in Georgia, English contains many "lessons" that reveal Russia's attitude toward the West and that point out many unfortunate weaknesses in our own society...