Word: beaming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...late 1950s Herschbach proposed to study what happens to individual molecules in the trillionth of a second of a chemical reaction by using the crossed molecular beam technique. Colleagues thought he was crazy, but this novel approach proved to be useful -- especially in the following years, when Lee made improvements that substantially increased the variety of reactions that could be studied this way. The method is analogous to that of particle physicists, who accelerate beams of speeding subatomic particles, smash them together or into a target, and then study the resulting debris. Herschbach's and Lee's beams consist...
Working with Lee, who was then a Harvard post-doctoral fellow, Herschbach developed molecular beam and spectroscopic techniques that allow researchers to observe the collisions of molecules...
...says he'd rather have a horse than a human as a friend. Every day he stakes his life and livelihood on that idea. He refuses to call what he does "breaking" a horse, claiming there is no word that adequately describes the relationship. His smile is a hard beam that penetrates the dustiest corral. Raised on a farm in the days of horsepower, Ray tells me he has picked prunes, fixed fence, driven heavy machinery and cowboyed -- anything to make a living -- but it was always the horse that remained dear to him. "People think the horse is dumb...
...shoes, flowing scarf and goggles, Thatcher looked like a "cross between Isadora Duncan and Lawrence of Arabia," as the Daily Telegraph affectionately put it. With the help of a few tips from the commander of the Royal Hussars' regiment, the British leader locked on her target with a laser beam and pulled the trigger, sending a 6-lb. practice shell 1,000 yds. directly to its mark. Kohl too scored a hit. "I loved it!" exclaimed Thatcher. Asked if her performance meant that women should be frontline soldiers, she dodged, but only slightly. "I'm sure after today you would...
...James Dickey have discovered. Those insulated by class, money and education play at high adventure only to find themselves tested by ordeal. Theroux devises both real and symbolic trials. The aliens pose little physical risk. Disorganized and primitively armed, they are no match for the Owners' incinerating particle beam or a perimeter-protection network that suggests an oversize bug zapper...