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...some other means of limiting his falling speed. It may be dangerous, however, to use any attachment that prevents tumbling. The tumbling motion is unpleasant, but it keeps the pilot's blood from getting "pooled" in his head or feet by one-directional Gs. But he should not spin too fast, or centrifugal force will pool his blood...
...heavy world Sob as you spin...
...Since early man was scarce and not often fossilized, anthropologists often spin theories around meager finds. The giant men of China, for instance, are "known" only through large, humanlike teeth, most of them found in native apothecary shops. Many anthropologists deny that such giants ever existed. Other early humans are heavily documented by multiple finds of their bones. Neanderthal man, discovered in 1857, is as real as the Romans. Java man (1891), Peking man (1928) and many of the types recently found in Africa are too well-proved to be the creations of wishful' theorists or of jokers...
...this purpose, Actor More invites on the spin a flashy young brunette (Kay Kendell) who. after a number of frantic breakdowns ("Better try a new flint!" hollers a passing motorist), begins some calculated conversation with Gregson's wife. "All Ambrose seems to think about are that silly old car and the other thing." The wife answers bleakly, "My husband only thinks...
...other flying insects for perhaps 200 million years. Behind each wing a fly has small, ball-tipped rods that vibrate rapidly. If these "halteres" are cut off, the fly is like an airplane lost in a cloud with all its instruments out of order. It goes into a spin and crashes...