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...hard floor from shoulder level, it will bounce almost all the way back, continue bouncing for a full minute (a tennis ball lasts ten seconds). It has such friction that, given reverse English, it will change direction each time it bounces. Thrown forward, it picks up so much forward spin when it hits the ground that it leaps ahead with almost twice the speed on the second bounce...
HELP! The new ring on Ringo's finger puts him in double jeopardy from a couple of mad scientists and a band of Oriental cutthroats. The result is a wild spin cycle of sight gags and exotic locations. The Beatles really haven't much to do except romp along with the frantic action...
...assemble and operate a first-class hi-fi set, a man once had to have the patience of Job, the funds of Croesus and the genius of Edison. In order to find just the right amplifier (power unit), preamplifier (the one with all those knobs), turntable (where the records spin), tuner (hifi for FM radio) and speakers, he had to compare the wares of a large range of component part companies, shell out as much as $1,500, and spend as long as a week hooking all the parts together. The only alternative was a cheap portable phonograph that sounded...
...Bains de Mer, an Edwardian sprawl of properties that includes the casino, the yacht club, the 60-year-old Hótel de Paris and about one-third of Monaco's 375 acres. Bien, thought Rainier, Ari will also bring in his rich friends, make the roulette wheels spin as they used to before the war-and use the S.B.M.'s reserves to build some nice sandy beaches, which Monaco badly needs in the bikini era. Unfortunately, Onassis disapproves of gambling, prefers to sunbathe on his 325-ft. yacht and thinks the S.B.M.'s seaside locations would...
HYDRODYNAMICS Busy as they are sending a man to the fringes of space and the to bottom of the sea, routing disease and building bigger and better nuclear bombs. 20th centry scientists still find time for smaller, more mundane problems. One of the smallest: Which way does the water spin when it swirls down the bathtub drain...