Word: bayes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jets 15, Green Bay...
What makes the difference in the Bay State? "There's been a complete transformation of our economy," says James Howell, chief economist of the First National Bank of Boston. The vacuum left by the demise of the old mills was gradually filled by such sophisticated service industries as health care, finance and consulting. Tourism plays a part, as do insurance, education, construction and a massive increase in drudging service-sector jobs. But to envious observers in less prosperous states, the magic secret of Massachusetts' success is summed up in one phrase: high tech...
Traveling high over the Pacific Ocean on its sixth swing around the earth last week, the space shuttle Columbia once again made history. Firing its small thrusters, it rolled and turned so that its big cargo bay faced in the direction of flight. Clamshell-shaped sun covers automatically opened, and the cylindrical parcel underneath them was set spinning (at precisely 52 r.p.m.). With the press of a button, Astronaut Bill Lenoir, 43, fired explosive bolts, releasing the spring-loaded clamps holding the parcel. Out it popped, like some extraterrestrial jack-in-the-box. Forty-five minutes later, after Columbia...
NASA is now conducting an experiment to see if photographs can help to trace from space the spread of toxic pollutants in San Francisco Bay...
...entire $573 million project slated for completion by 1984 involves construction of a subway tunnel from Harvard Square to an area near Alewife Brook Parkway. All construction in the Square including final cosmetic work will be completed in about one year. John A Carey, project manager for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said yesterday...