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...sprawling Republic of Indonesia-a nation of hundreds of islands and 80 million people-moves into its tenth year of independence, its existence remains precarious. Some 10,000 rebels still infest the outer islands. In Sumatra 14 rubber plantations have been put to the torch in a single month. The gold backing for the printing-press currency is down to 7.85%, although the legal minimum is supposed to be 20%. Factories and industrial plants are operating at scarcely 60% of capacity because foreign exchange is lacking for raw materials and spare parts...
Shortly after six, two Scholars carry into the room a bottle of sherry each; some 45 minutes later, dinner is served buffet style by the cooks of the Torch Club, which gives up its room for these bi-weekly affairs...
...alternate Wednesday evenings throughout the school year, ten Yale undergraduates and several Faculty members enter Gothic Strathcona Hall, ride the self-service elevator to the fourth floor, and then stride down the corridor to the plush Torch Room. The students are Yale's Scholars of the House; the Faculty are among their advisers...
...meeting is over, and the various participants return to their rooms presumably to recommence work on their projects or to read independently. Yet the Torch Room still reeks of smugness, and the "clubby atmosphere" (to quote one of the Scholars) has not filtered through the windows...
...missile covering that would withstand extreme heat resulting from air resistance. Other uses under way or planned: ball bearings, piston heads, curtain walls for skyscrapers, bulkheads for nuclear ships. Most convincing demonstration to housewives of Pyroceram's properties: heating pots of it red-hot with an acetylene torch, then plunging them into ice water. Next housewares project: equally tough but fragile appearing tableware styled like costly china...