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...neighboring peasants were amazed. The Parisians had rented 900 unfertile acres. "When we cleared away huge amounts of pebbles," recalls Vincent's great uncle, Chief Farmer Abel Thibout, "the peasants shook their heads and said, 'Don't remove them; they shade the soil and help the crops grow.' " But in eight months the city kibbutzers had cleared 185 acres and planted potatoes, beans, barley and other grains. Their potato crop astonished local government agriculture experts, and they have done so well with their other crops that government agencies have lent them better land, banks are considering...
...with Glaser added up to a "vest-pocket" interview. To the scientist, the care and thoroughness of TIME'S investigations into his life and his work made it seem as if he had been under surveillance "by armies of TIME reporters ever since I set foot on European soil...
India's newspapers grumbled at this "blot upon our escutcheon," and demanded "a clean and speedy sweep of this evil" from Indian soil. It may not be easy: most slave-owning NEFA tribesmen firmly believe that, no matter how wicked a man may be, his riches will accompany him from this life to the next. Thus, if he owns slaves in this world, he will have slaves to attend him in heaven...
There are scholars who have called the book "the most beautiful in the world." But Londoners will not have much time to judge for themselves. After a few weeks on alien soil, Ireland's great treasure will return to its well-guarded place in the library at Trinity. There each day a new page will be turned for the benefit of the thousands who, decade after decade, go to see the Book of Kells...
...Mars or Venus, and can send back information about possible plants, bacteria, viruses or other micro-organisms. Landed gently on the planet's surface, the machine would automatically run out a long tongue with an adhesive surface. This would pick up plants or micro-organisms in the soil and reel them beneath the lens of a fixed microscope. A television camera would photograph the magnified object and send the picture back to earth for study...