It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.

This is the season of the subdebutante. These are the days when in shrill perfumed coveys they flutter through the houses and clubhouses of America's big cities. When summer comes they will disperse to the leisure of lakes, beaches and mountains. But now the subdebutante is dynamic, gregarious and at the peak of her plumage.

The outer third of the wing of a vulture consists of the wing tips. The inner two-thirds of the wing are cambered (when the wing is extended), and are concerned with lifting effort in unsoarable air and with lifting and tractive effort in soarable air.

delta winding; delta connection; delta current