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That is his main point of attack on the government-sponsored studies which the National Aeronautics and Space Administration uses to prove that people can in fact adjust to the sonic boom. The study which NASA quotes most often, by Bolt, Beranek and Newman, had subjects pushing buttons to activate an artificial boom-creating device. Although the artificial boom was as loud as a real one, the volunteers knew the boom would occur within five seconds after they pushed the button. Even among the fully-prepared subjects, almost half showed a marked increase in heart-beat as a result...
...everybody who has tried the T2000 swears by it. "You have to learn to adjust your swing," admits Scott. "With a wooden racket, you may take a 1½-yard backswing to hit the ball to a specific point on the court. With steel, you may have to cut that backswing in half to hit that same point." For ordinary players, the T2000 might be a trifle expensive, costing up to $55 (strung with top-grade gut) compared with $35 for a good wooden racket. Even so, Wilson already has sold several thousand T2000s, says its sales director...
...students take a common course called "Man in Perspective" consisting of interdisciplinary readings ranging from theology to esthetics and science, is designed to provide a firmer transition from high school to the intellectual world. Beloit planners contend that the usual freshman year ends just as students are beginning to adjust to the change. Beloit's middle class then counteracts the traditional "sophomore slump" and its dropout problem by requiring students to leave academe for a spell. All must spend at least one trimester off the campus, studying or working on their own to gain maturity, relate their studies...
...Wednesday's session John Ryan, former president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers explained how his union had used collective bargaining to develop "a rationalized system" for filling teacher vacancies which also helped adjust racial imbalance on school faculties...
...Minute Hearings. Juvenile folklore is only part of the instruction at the four-week summer college that winds up this week at the University of Colorado. Conducted by the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges, the school is designed to help the jurists learn criminal-law procedure and adjust to the Supreme Court's recent decision In the Matter of Gault, which gives juveniles many of the same constitutional safeguards that adults enjoy. Because of the decision and recommendations by the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, juveniles are emerging from legal limbo...