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...array of detectors, plus its primary lens, a 22-in. mirror, are tucked inside a thermos bottle-like vessel filled with pressurized liquid helium, which keeps the entire mechanism at 4° above absolute zero (-459.7° F). The detectors are so responsive they could spot a tiny electric bulb on the planet Pluto, nearly 4 billion miles away...
...wall of their kitchen is a sampler, which Paul had made to commemorate a remark by Joanne "that seemed appropriate at the time." It says, "I will regulate my life. JWN." The sampler shows a lit light bulb and an exploding cannon: husband's view of wife's character. Since then Joanne has attended est sessions and resolved to stop "choosing to be in Paul's shadow" and to stop apologizing for being what she calls "a creative dilettante." Says she: "As I look back, I think what I really wanted was to have a life with...
...Steele (Pierce Brosnan) is a scorcher for looks but a bit of a dim bulb in the brains department. Of course, he learns fast, usually while blundering through the most delicate stages of Laura's investigations. Of course, Steele takes credit for solving every crime. And of course, contrary to all her best instincts, Laura starts to get hung up for real on her own fantasy...
...freshman, who asked not to be identified, said a man approached her as she left the Science Center and that he made obscene gestures to her while following her home. She added that the light bulb above her entry door was burnt out, and that on reaching the door she had trouble opening it quickly...
...recalls working with Armani in "an office no bigger than 14 by 14," crowded with one huge table and a few cane chairs used for everything from long business conferences to quick lunches. Bergdorf's Mello remembers "buying a collection of Armani's under a bare light bulb in a tiny hotel room. We could hardly see the colors, so he took the lamp shade off." In 1975, when the Giorgio Armani Co. was founded, it had a working capital of $10,000 and one receptionist, a student whom, Galeotti recalls, "we could pay so little...