Word: branch
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...study of antimatter, says Segrè, is a new branch of physics whose interests reach from atomic nuclei to the universe. Scientists can now create all the antiparticles they need to build up atoms of antimatter. They have anti-neutrons, antiprotons and antielectrons (positrons). Theoretically, it should be possible to put together antiatoms with negative (not positive) nuclei at their centers and positive (not negative) electrons revolving around them. Dr. Segrè says that this stunt is difficult and probably will not be accomplished for some time...
Died. Mark M. Mills, 40, jet-propulsion expert, designer and developer of atomic and hydrogen weapons, deputy director of the University of California Radiation Laboratory (Livermore Branch); of drowning in a helicopter crash; at Eniwetok, where nuclear-weapons tests are scheduled to begin this week...
...deprive native-born Americans of their citizenship for such acts as desertion or voting in the elections of a foreign country. But in their sum and substance, the Supreme Court's unvarnished differences went to a far more basic point: the power of the judicial branch of government to overrule the judgment of the legislative branch...
This week the aftermath of the African border incident, when France bombed Sakiet-Sidi-Youssef in Tunisia (TIME, Feb. 17), has the French government teetering, see FOREIGN NEWS, Explosive Olive Branch. And for an unusual closeup of Soviet Russia's ruler, who would be embarrassed by a well-informed citizenry, see FOREIGN NEWS, Host with the Most...
Ominous Whispers. It was a measure of the psychotic state of French politics that where Bourguiba's tough talk had provoked Frenchmen to fury, his proffered olive branch very nearly toppled the government of Premier Felix Gaillard. Trouble was that along with the olive branch came news that Bourguiba would still not agree to France's scheme for "neutral control'' of the border between Tunisia and revolt-torn Algeria, still insisted that France publicly concede that "in principle" Tunisia has sovereignty over Bizerte. Stirred to their chauvinistic depths. France's right-wing Independents, a vital...