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...bullets into a plastic target rich in hydrogen atoms, the Berkeley team was able to dissect the laboratory-produced cosmic rays. The collisions fragmented the nitrogen nuclei into every element lighter than nitrogen in the periodic table. By analyzing the results of this and similar experiments, physicists hope to bolster their meager store of knowledge about not only the atomic nucleus but also the pulsars and supernovae in which cosmic rays are thought to be born. "It opens up a whole new way of studying nuclear structure," said Berkeley Physicist Harry Heckman...
...Though none of the papers has begun preparing a case, they are certain to bolster whatever other lines of defense they raise with the special weight of the First Amendment's free press guarantee. Aware of that extra protection, the Justice Department is far from decided on whether to proceed against the newspapers. "At this stage," said Attorney General John Mitchell last week, "it's a little silly to speculate that they will be indicted...
Quiet Nonbelligerence. Washington was worried that the Russians might provide additional armaments not so much to bolster the Egyptians as to panic Israel into trying to wheedle additional arms out of the U.S., thereby throwing both the arms balance and the American peace effort out of kilter. Sure enough, in the wake of the treaty, Israeli Ambassador to Washington Yitzhak Rabin last week inquired into the status of an Israeli request for an additional $500 million in economic aid and military supplies. Washington has so far held back on approving the request. With some justification, Jerusalem fears that...
...last week open fighting had almost completely ceased in East Pakistan. Nonetheless, West Pakistan must continue for the foreseeable future to lay out huge sums to support an army of occupation in East Pakistan. Moreover, the army is raising two additional divisions to bolster its defenses against India...
...meetings in London, Paris and Ankara with a five-nation Middle East circuit this week, the U.S. hopes to make the most of his Cairo visit for peacemaking purposes. Rogers is paying ceremonial calls on Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, and will make a brief halt in Amman principally to bolster Jordan's King Hussein...