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Explaining the phenomenon does not make it any the less undesirable. The intellectual curiosity that led men of the Renaissance to restore to the world the literature of Greece and Rome is today turned to scientific rather than literary discoveries; economic and political changes have come so thick and fast during recent year that they have not yet lost the fascination of novelty for the public, but the existence of such a vast expanse out side the mental bounds of any civilization will remain a constant reproach to its leaders until it be included...
Even the Czechoslovak judge seemed uneasy in the presence of a prisoner who looked as if he might spring at any convenient throat. When cross examination began all eyes were fixed upon Bebe, ears strove to catch the answers which he made in thick, ungracious tones interspersed with grunts. It was all so primitive, so fascinating, that no one noticed another Albanian, one Ziga Vuciterna, who arose pantherlike among the spectators, stealthily drew two revolvers, advanced upon Prisoner Bebe with a wild and sudden yell, and opened a murderous double fire of dum-dum bullets...
Commander Byrd's aim is to explore the South Polar continent. It contains 5,000,000 square miles; is covered, except for its margins during its summer, with thick ice. There may be a water channel all the way across it, joining the Ross and Weddell Seas. There are mountain ranges. They may be extensions of the Andes; they may be related to the formations of the East Indies, Australia and New Zealand. Those Antarctica mountains and the tremendous ice cap help make the South Pole regions the heaviest part of the Earth. In comparison, the North Pole...
...rattled and swayed as the train jerked slowly out of the station, but the big sergeant standing at the open door balanced himself easily in his thick felt boots...
Brilliant and useful is Dr. Bergius' feat. Brilliant and useful too is another U. S. method of making artificial coal. Instead of throwing away the thick refuse oil left in refinery stills, it is heated in tubes several thousand feet long. This heating produces some vaporized, oil. The residue cools into shapeless blocks of bituminous coal, which can be processed just like natural soft coal...