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- The hovercraft
- Many strange new means of transport have been developed in our century， the strangest of them being perhaps the hovercraft. In 1953， a former electronics engineer in his fifties， Christopher Cock...
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- Exploring the sea-floor
- Our knowledge of the oceans a hundred years ago was confined to the two-dimensional shape of the sea-surface and the hazards of navigation presented by the irregularities in depth of the shall...
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- The sculptor speaks
- Appreciation of sculpture depends upon the abi8lity to respond to form in three dimensions. That is perhaps why sculpture has been described as the most difficult of all arts； certainly it is m...
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- Education
- Education is one of the key words of our time. A man without an education，many of us believe， is an unfortunate victim of adverse circumstances deprived of one of the greatest twentieth-century...
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- Adolescence
- Parents are often upset when their children praise the homes of their friends and regard it as a slur on their own cooking， or cleaning， or furniture， and often are foolish enough to let the adol...
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- Space odyssey
- The Moon is likely to become the industrial hub of the Solar System， supplying the rocket fuels for its ships，easily obtainable from the lunar rocks in the form of liquid oxygen. The reason lies...
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- Galileo reborn
- In his own lifetime Galileo was the centre of violent controversy； but the scientific dust has long since settled， and today we can see even his famous clash with the Inquisition in something li...
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- Water and the traveler
- Contamination of water supplies is usually due to poor sanitation close to water sources， sewage disposal into the sources themselves， leakage of sewage into distribution systems or contaminatio...
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- What every writer wants
- I have known very few writers， but those I have known， and whom I respected，confess at once that they have little idea where they arc going when they first set pen to paper. They have a character...
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- The cost of government
- If a nation is essentially disunited， it is left to the government to hold it together. This increases the expense of government， and reduces correspondingly the amount of economic resources tha...
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- The process of ageing
- At the age of twelve years， the human body is at its most vigorous. It has yet to reach its full size and strength， and its owner his or her full intelligence； but at this age the likelihood of d...
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- Waves
- Waves are the children of the struggle between ocean and atmosphere， the ongoing signatures of infinity. Rays from the sun excite and energize the atmosphere of the earth， awakening it to flow， t...
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- Training elephants
- Two main techniques have been used for training elephants， which we may call respectively the tough and the gentle. The former method simply consists of setting an elephant to work and beating...
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- Recording an earthquake
- An earthquake comes like a thief in the night， without warning. It was necessary， therefore， to invent instruments that neither slumbered nor slept. Some devices were quite simple. one， for instan...
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- Are there strangers in space?
- We must conclude from the work of those who have studied the origin of life， that given a planet only approximately like our own， life is almost certain to start. Of all the planets in our own s...
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- Patterns of culture
- Custom has not been commonly regarded as a subject of any great moment. The inner workings of our own brains we feel to be uniquely worthy of investigation， but custom have a way of thinking， is...
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- Of men and galaxies
- In man's early days， competition with other creatures must have been critical.But this phase of our development is now finished. Indeed， we lack practice and experience nowadays in dealing with...
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- Hobbies
- A gifted American psychologist has said， 'Worry is a spasm of the emotion； the mind catches hold of something and will not let it go.' It is useless to argue with the mind in this condition. The...
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- The great escape
- Economy is one powerful motive for camping， since after the initial outlay upon equipment， or through hiring it， the total expense can be far less than the cost of hotels. But， contrary to a popul...
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- Planning a share portfolio
- There is no shortage of tipsters around offering 'get-rich-quick' opportunities. But if you are a serious private investor， leave the Las Vegas mentality to those with money to fritter. The ser...
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- The Last Straw
- It was another long， winter afternoon with everyone stuck in the house and the four McDonald children were at it again ―― bickering， teasing， fighting over their toys. At times like these， Mothe...
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- Dance With Me
- When we're young and we dream of love and fulfillment， we think perhaps of moon-drenched Parisian nights or walks along the beach at sunset. No one tells us that the greatest moments of a li...
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- The Spirit of Santa Doesn't Wear A Red Suit
- I slouched down in the passenger seat of our old Pontiac 'cause it was the cool way to sit when one is in the fourth grade. My dad was driving downtown to shop and I was going along for the ri...
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- Wednesdays
- She is my wife， my lover， my best friend. For over fourteen years， our marriage has endured and grown. I can honestly state that after all this time together， my love for Patricia has not diminish...
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- Are You God?
- One cold evening during the holiday season， a little boy about six or seven was standing out in front of a store window. The little child had no shoes on and his clothes were mere rags. A young...
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