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Another benefit, stemming from wobbles in Pioneer's flight path, may be the detection of a long-suspected tenth planet or perhaps even an unseen nearby star. Both possibilities have been suggested as the source of the gravitational tugging that is causing the strange perturbations in the orbits of Uranus and Neptune. Scientists are even speculating that by carefully following Pioneer's movements they may detect effects of long-sought gravity waves. Postulated by Einstein's general theory of relativity, these waves are thought to be the carrier of the gravitational force, just as the photon...
...Giant. Georges Carpentier was the Orchid Man. Luis Angel Firpo, the Argentine, was the Wild Bull of the Pampas. Those were Dempsey's great foes. Knocked clear through the ropes by Firpo in the second round, Dempsey came back to floor the Wild Bull an eighth, ninth and tenth time...
...education is as much a concern as its poor quality. High school curriculums have tilted toward home economics, music and driver education at the expense of the math and science needed for jobs in the new high-tech industries. About half of all students take no math after the tenth grade, and 80% drop science. Says New York City Investment Banker Felix Rohatyn: "The more we look at tomorrow's technologies, the more we see a need for higher skills. So far, our educational system really has not been geared to producing those skills." Several companies have decided...
...diet drinks. Low-calorie sodas, which make up some 20% of the carbonated-beverage market, have been growing at a 10% to 15% annual clip. That delights firms because diet drinks are the most profitable ones they make. Reason: saccharin, used in most diet soft drinks, costs one-tenth as much as sugar. But there is some concern that saccharin in extremely large doses may cause cancer; besides, the sweetener leaves an aftertaste. Firms have been experimenting with other artificial sweeteners. One of them, G.D. Searle & Co.'s aspartame, is more expensive but better tasting and is believed...
Though the shiny day had turned forebodingly thunderous just before the race, Marfa bothered the field no more than the rainstorm did Sunny's Halo, who broke second from the tenth position and was never worse than second or first over the entire mile and a quarter. Preoccupied with the promise and problems of this one robust chestnut colt, Trainer David Cross had lost most of his clients this year. He started with 35 horses, ended with just three and did not really blame the defectors. Sunny's Halo's groom and best friend, John...