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...must have enough atmosphere to consume them long before they could make pockmarks. Probably it is only one millionth as dense as the earth's atmosphere at the surface, but 80 miles up it may be as dense as ours (because of the moon's lesser gravitational pull), and the earth's atmosphere 80 miles up is still dense enough to destroy most meteors in a flash long before they get near the lower...
...grey day, while Santa Fe's celebrants slept, a little group of mourners gathered in the yellow old Denver and Rio Grande Western depot to watch the train pull out. It was the last run of the "Chili Line" and the end of the D.&R.G.W.'s famous track-the narrow-gauge line from Santa Fe, 125 miles to Antonito, Colo...
...flattery and gratitude on too thick-they love it." After a year in Canada and the U. S. the children couldn't stand it any longer, authored a book entitled Thank You Twice (Harcourt, Brace; $1). This time they heeded the admonition of their publisher to "pull no punches," said precisely what they thought...
...days he ran about, trying to use pull to keep him out of Deputy Damonte's clutches. Then he drew all of his money from his bank and after a violent quarrel with Ambassador von Thermann, who wanted him to face the music, went into hiding. As soon as Investigator Damonte learned that Sandstede was on the run he ordered his arrest. Police were posted at his house and at the German Embassy. Pickets stood guard along the roads leading from Buenos Aires. A cordon was stretched around the airport...
...their beloved "Bums" could take three games, Brooklyn fans figured, they might pull far enough away from those pesky Cards to shake them off in the homestretch, give Brooklyn its first pennant in 21 years. In the first doubleheader, with cagey Cardinal Manager Southworth starting two southpaws (poison to the Dodgers' three left-handed power hitters), "them Bums" were lucky to break even-3-to-7, 3-to-2. In the second doubleheader, it was do or die for Brooklyn. But the best they could do was split it again...