Astronomers call the sudden changes in the neutron star starquakes. The energy released in a starquake is enormous and flows out from the star into the space surrounding it. After the 1969 starquake on the Crab pulsar, a wave of energy was seen to flow outwards, rippling through the centre of the Crab Nebula.

I can summarize my own position very simply: That, if they are bonus payments for hazardous duty and to the degree that they are, they should be equalized rather than confined to a special group. To the degree which they are bonus payments for attracting better qualified personnel, I am very dubious about using money incentives to build up an elite or a superelite or a super-superelite.

'Where away the nicht sae late, laird?' says John. 'I go to save a soul from hell,' was the answer.

Nudes, lewds and smutty outhouse cards, although they can be bought in some of the rowdy joints, are a negligible percentage of the total, and are unobtainable in the chain stores, drugstores and travel stations which are the outlets for […]