Word: chu
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...group, under the direction of University of Houston Physicist Paul C.W. Chu, had achieved the phenomenon of superconductivity at a higher temperature than ever before. And the National Science Foundation announced last week that Chu's Houston lab had pushed that temperature 5 degrees higher -- to 98 K. Under such conditions -- far less extreme than those required only a few years ago -- superconducting technology might eventually become inexpensive and even commonplace. Possible applications: superconducting cables that could transmit electricity from a power plant to a distant city with essentially no energy loss; practical versions of trains that "fly" ) just above...
Radcliffe will induct the following seniors to their chapter: Margaret Ackerly of Cabot House, Elisabeth Bentely of Cabot House, Laurence A. Bouvard of Lowell House, Charleen T. Chu of Quincy House, Lisa R. Eskow of Mather House, Jacqueline D. Ewenstein of Kirkland House, Antonia E. Foias of Dunster House, Lisa Freinkel of Cabot House, Antonia Fried of Adams House, Jennifer L. Gordon of Dunster House, Reena B. Gordon of Dunster House, Marta Hoilman of Quincy House, Nora T. Jaskowiak of Winthrop House, Susanna L. Kim of Quincy House, Diane J. Klein of North House, Toby D. Kosowski of Quincy House...
...They are really accessible and easy to talkto," said Quincy resident Charleen Chu '87. "Mimicomes up with all sorts of activities within thehouse," said Chu, who currently is taking potterya pottery course with the co-master...
...well because it carried a big stick: the Omnibus Tax Equity and Enforcement Act. Passed by the state legislature last April, the bill raised penalties for many kinds of tax evasion and strengthened enforcement. On Feb. 1, the state began to get tough. Says New York Tax Commissioner Roderick Chu: "It's open season on tax cheats...
Vietnamese Premier Pham Van Dong, 80, met with the Time Newstour in Hanoi's French colonial-style Chu Tich Phu presidential palace. Dressed formally in a black, high-collared suit that accentuated his bronze features and high-combed silver hair, Pham took questions for more than an hour in a large, red- carpeted receiving hall, under a huge bust of his mentor, Ho Chi Minh. Throughout the session, Pham lived up to his reputation for haughty intractability, flashing anger at some questions, receiving others with a scornful laugh. He also showed an intransigent commitment to maintaining his country's doctrinaire...