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...pavilion called Sermons from Science, one of the minor discoveries of the fair, presents the Word only as a kind of commercial at the ends of its excellent and varied movies on scientific subjects, which contain, among other things, fascinating studies in time-lapse photography: cumulus clouds boil upward, taproots plunge down through the soil like fast-moving snakes...
...determine whether we build a society where progress is the servant of our needs, or a society where old values and new visions are buried under unbridled growth. For in your time, we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society but upward to the Great Society...
...scientists offer two explanations, both of them uncertain. Perhaps the passage of a satellite's shadow may disturb Jupiter's atmosphere in some way, permitting warmer lower layers to rise upward and be detected from the earth. Or perhaps the interruption of sunlight stops a photochemical reaction in Jupiter's high atmosphere, making it temporarily more transparent so that radiant warmth from below can escape into space...
Williams decided to crossbreed the two styles. His runners hold their hands palm down, in the classic American style, but the incoming runner slaps the baton upward into his teammate's palm, alerting him just before the pass by shouting "Hey!" In the 440-yd. relay, where even a fraction of a second is important, Williams staggers the passing points so that Stebbins and Ragsdale, the two fastest men, get to run 10 yds. farther than Meadows and Owens...
...General Motors' earnings of $536 million were the highest for any company in any three-month period in business history, and huge profit gains were reported by giants as varied as Eastman Kodak (up 25%), U.S. Steel (up 72%) and the Monsanto Co. (up 84%). Retail sales marched upward, and so did construction contracts. Auto and steel production continued at record or near-record levels...