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...times that of the sun), and the star was radiating with inexplicable intensity at the longest wave lengths. On the theory that something was obscuring the visible light, Low asked Smith to help work out a mathematical model of a bright, hot star that was surrounded by a thick blanket of gas and dust...
...secretary figure it out one day. That is quite a hell of a long time to have vis-à-vis with somebody. Through summers hot, winters cold, that sort of thing. Julie was always, always-a very boring old word-a good trouper. She plowed on through thick and thin. Highly professional from the word go." Characteristically, Julie says of it all: "You know, I never got that part under control...
...domination" struggle with an instrument is strictly man's work. When attractive Doriot Dwyer was appointed first flutist of the Boston Symphony 14 years ago, one proper Brahmin sent her a package with a letter demanding that she hide her exposed ankles with the enclosed pair of thick grey stockings. She demurred, and at least one Boston man is glad; since the arrival of the ladies, he has taken to watching the concerts through binoculars...
When the Arne River burst over the parapets of Florence on November 4, it submerged the city in unimaginable quantities of mud, a thick layer of oil, and an average of 15 to 24 feet of water. Thirty-three persons were drowned, several are still missing, and the damage to art works, libraries, and architectural monuments -- to say nothing of homes and businesses -- staggers the imagination...
...full extent of the damage still cannot be estimated. The effect of the heating oil, for example, cannot be predicted until its chemical components are completely determined. Unlike American heating oils, this oil is of an inferior grade; it is black, thick, and totally unrefined. Restorers have had considerable experience with the oils from lipstick which tourists often use to smear their initials on the major monuments. Lipstick oils, they have found, sink into the porous surface of the stone and are very difficult to remove. But no one has had any experience with the effect of this crude heating...