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...Grignetti (Bolt, Beranek, & Newman...
That is his main point of attack on the government-sponsored studies which the National Aeronautics and Space Administration uses to prove that people can in fact adjust to the sonic boom. The study which NASA quotes most often, by Bolt, Beranek and Newman, had subjects pushing buttons to activate an artificial boom-creating device. Although the artificial boom was as loud as a real one, the volunteers knew the boom would occur within five seconds after they pushed the button. Even among the fully-prepared subjects, almost half showed a marked increase in heart-beat as a result...
...that so many Americans are forced to lead. Urbanization and the consequent spurt in apartment living, together with high costs, put a premium on smaller rooms, lower ceilings, cheaper materials. And the modern vogue for the light and glassy rather than the solid and massive, says Acoustical Engineer Leo Beranek, seems to be based "not on function but on poetry. Spaces are not isolated, but continue without barrier through glass, grilles and gardens. But continuous structures and the open plan are inimical to quiet living." From one room to another flow the sounds of whirring mixers, juicers and garbage grinders...
...evidence amassed by the prosecution, the jury decided every last one of those issues in the defendants' favor and acquitted them on all counts. It was clearly the question of Krebiozen's medicinal value that had been on the jurymen's minds. Explained Foreman Adolph J. Beranek: "There had been no fair test of Krebiozen. We were convinced that it had some merit, and we were not in a position to kill it without a fair trial...
Although still in its infancy, time sharing is already being used by busi ness, government and universities. Bos ton's Raytheon Co. prepares contract proposals, and Arthur D. Little solves problems in applied mechanics through a time-sharing system run by Cambridge's Bolt Beranek & Newman. An other time-sharing firm, Keydata, will soon take up the problems of Boston distributors of liquor, books, automo- bile parts and building materials. Con trol Data, which introduced two time-shared computers last week, will open the U.S.'s biggest sharing center in Los Angeles next year. General Electric...