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...Soviets step up work on Star Wars-style beam weapons...
...used in microsurgery, metallurgy and communications. But while the military employs the devices to aim weapons and track targets, the development of "death rays" capable of zapping targets seemed mostly confined to Hollywood. No longer. Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union are stepping up work on so-called beam weapons. By all accounts, moreover, the Soviets lead in a technology that could revolutionize warfare...
Ordinary light, whether from the sun or a 60-watt bulb, consists of a jumble of electromagnetic waves of different frequencies. But a laser-for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation-generates a beam whose waves all have the same frequency and are perfectly synchronized so as to reinforce each other. Beams from very powerful lasers can burn through hardened steel...
...Crimson Key sponsors a coffeehouse. The beer will be lukewarm, and coffee will probably not be served. Go for three minutes, and then head back for an ap-appointment with the professor: Professor James Beam. Ice and Dixie cups optional...
...plotting here is elegant. The motives all touch on Dallas'pervasive themes: sex (Sue Ellen and Kristin), money (Alan Beam and Vaughn Leland) and family (Bobby and Cliff). For the mystery's solution to be equally impeccable, the culprit must come from inside the family. This would permit many of the new episodes to revolve around the altered relationships of the assailant and the other Ewings, especially J.R., who could be expected to devise an ingenious form of revenge. But Capice suggests otherwise: "The ripple effect from the revelation will be minimal. We'll move...