Word: attractants
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...principle behind the maglev is simple: opposite magnetic poles attract each other; like poles repel. In Japan's version, eight superconducting electromagnets are built into the sides of each train car, and thousands of metal coils are set into the floor of the guideway. When the train is in motion, the electromagnets on the train induce electric currents in the guideway coils, which then themselves become electromagnets. As power is increased, the opposing sets of magnets repel each other and lift the train into the air. Two other rows of electromagnets, one on each wall of the U- shaped guideway...
Will the same now be said of Klaus Barbie, who was less important but whose work was no less cruel? Barbie's trial is bound to attract worldwide attention. People are already saying this will be the last great courtroom drama to result from the Holocaust. They may be right...
...great outdoors also attract the occasional brave thespian. Joe Giani '89 is staging Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors in the Quincy House Cage with additional performances outdoors. One performance took place last week in the Quincy House Courtyard and another is scheduled for this Sunday on the Boston Common. "It's an over-romanticized idea," Giani says, "but the idea of Shakespeare in the open air is still...
University to "actively recruit distinguishedwomen to its faculty" and to "maintain anextensive financial aid policy that will continueto attract a diverse student body...
...that was negotiating to bring Elvis Costello to campus for his upcoming concert. James Chung, manager of the Student Production Association, an affiliate of the Undergraduate Council, at that time told The Crimson that the agreement guaranteed repayment of the loan, which would be used as seed money to attract corporate sponsorship for the Costello concert...