Word: belled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Often as not, the men who hold the stars in their places are Jon Bell, an intern studying to be a planetarium director, and Joe Doti, engineer. Except for the subdued glow from green and red console lights, they work in darkness. "It only takes a few weeks to learn how to operate, but you must know the basics of astronomy," says Bell. He is whispering as the display goes on, and his tone suggests an acolyte trying not to disturb a service. Every time he does a show, he admits, he feels a shiver synapsing down his spine...
...Bell's command, the machine can re-create the exact movements of the stars for an entire day in just 30 seconds and rearrange the sky in under a minute. It can perfectly duplicate the heavens visible from any hemisphere, taking the audience from New York to the South Pole and back up to the other side of the North Pole-all without stopping for lunch and in about 40 seconds. Bell is almost giddy as he lets the machine tumble time back to the reign of Herod and thence to the Adoration of Christ...
Derrick A. Bell, professor of Law, said yesterday that opponents of the former admissions policy believed the Med School's central committee had only served as a "rubber stamp" to the minority subcommittee's decisions...
...committee's changes attempt to create "a more neutral process," which makes race "only one of several factors," Bell said...
...George Bell continued to play predatory squash in humbling Scott Friedman 15-6, 15-8, 15-9. This year Bell has not only not lost a set, but he has also held his opponent to under ten points in every single game...