Word: brighter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...invisible radiation. But those galaxies are receding from the earth (because of the expansion of the universe) at speeds that would cause ultraviolet light to shift toward the red end of the spectrum into visible frequencies. So the NASA men assumed the visible light from distant galaxies is intrinsically brighter than previously believed; therefore those galaxies must be farther away. "We thought we were looking at a dim light bulb close to us," a NASA scientist explained. "But now that we know that the bulb is brighter, we figure it must be more distant...
...Though the North Vietnamese have generally refrained from attacking the workers, some other Communists have been less considerate. Pathet Lao troops shot up a U.S. training camp two miles from the Nam Ngum Dam site in Laos, creating apprehension among Japanese engineers and foremen. A brighter sign is that Communist forces privately promised not to bother the Laotian workmen...
...Davis '51, associate of the Harvard College Observatory and director and designer of the orbiting telescope called Project Celescope, said he has reached two important conclusions from the data analyzed so far. He discovered that "Diffuse nebulae-large interstellar hydrogen gas clouds in which stars are formed-are brighter than we can easily explain...
...Fortunately, McCurdy worked his traditional magic at Grotonwood, and things became a little brighter. Sophomore Mike Koerner emerged as the star of the camp, followed closely by senior John Heyburn and junior Tom Spengler...
...Door?, made over a period of two years at New York University by Martin Scorsese, 26, a graduate student. The film's several weaknesses and excesses prevent it from being totally successful. But it introduces a young director who just may turn out to be one of the brighter talents of this eager new generation...