[00:04.96]Marilyn did not stop struggling. [00:09.01]She next won a small part in a movie calledLove Happy. [00:13.58]It was a comedy starring the famous Marx brothers. [00:17.58]Critics said it was not one of their better efforts. [00:21.97]Marilyn,...
[00:06.45]Her name at birth was Norma Jean Baker. [00:10.92]Her life as a child was like a bad dream. [00:14.68]She lived with a number of different people, and often was mistreated. [00:19.88]At age sixteen Norma Jean married a sailor. [00:24.69]But...
[00:10.06]Gehrig continued to improve as a player. [00:14.05]By 1924, pitchers for opposing teams were having bad dreams about Lou Gchrig and Babe Ruth. [00:23.04]Ruth hit sixty home runs that year. [00:26.36]Gchrig hit forty seven and won the Americ...
[00:08.39]A North American Major League baseball record was established in 1939. [00:15.46]The man who set it played in 2,130 games without missing one. [00:22.83]In 1995, the record was broken by Cal Ripken of the Baltimore Orioles. [00:30.35]But th...
[00:08.05]Igor Sikorsky left Russia at the start of the revolution in 1917. [00:15.54]He stayed for a while in Britain and France. [00:19.54]Then he went to the United States. [00:22.62]He arrived with little money and no real chances for work. [00:2...
[00:07.58]Igor Sikorsky was born in the city of Kiev, Russia; on May 25, 1889. [00:16.12]His mother was a doctor. [00:15.12]His father was a professor of psychology. [00:18.59]Igor became interested in science when he was very young. [00:23.82]He was...
[00:09.87]44) Edward Knipling [00:15.52]A leading American research scientist died last month at his home in Virginia. [00:22.88]Edward Knipling was ninety-one years old. [00:26.75]Mister Knipling was a world famous expert in the study of insects. [0...
[00:06.24]For years, many scientists have considered walking on two legs as one sign of being human. [00:15.46]Early humans were not thought to have used their knuckle bones or other parts of their hands in walking. [00:23.59]Now, however, American s...
[00:05.56]Weather experts say this spring was the warmest in the United States in the past century. [00:13.66]They say the average temperature across the United States between March and May was about thirteen degrees Celsius. [00:23.07]That reportedl...
[00:07.21]NASA's Stardust spacecraft has successfully deployed a device that will collect extremely small particles in space. [00:16.95]The particles are called dust. [00:19.72]They form a stream of particles that flows through our solar system. [00:...
