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...Semi-circular rows of computers, electronic switchboards and unobtrusive decor make the Operations Control Center (OCC) for NASA's Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) look like a scaled-down version of the mission control rooms in movies...
Gabrielse and Khabbaz then added a negative hydrogen ion--a proton with two electrons around it--to the field. While the two particles moved in circular orbits, Gabrielse and Khabbaz measured the frequency at which each of the particles oscillated with a very sensitive radio...
...carriers say the start-ups flop because they are undercapitalized and poorly run, offering limited routes and flights, with no frequent-flyer clubs and other features. It is a circular argument, of course. The low fares of the upstarts are based on a cost structure that doesn't have such extras as frequent-flyer programs. And the big airlines force them to burn through their start-up capital by stepping up the price wars...
...beach vacation, Minorca is a 270-sq.-mi. museum, filled with ancient treasures. As many as 1,000 archaeological sites dot the countryside. Most of the monuments--including Bronze Age structures and early Christian basilicas--are integral features of the landscape, unfenced and open to all. From the circular stone constructions called talayots, used from about 1500 B.C. as dwelling or burial places by some of the island's earliest settlers, to the mighty T-shaped taulas, hewn from two limestone blocks, these monuments stand mysterious and largely undisturbed--seldom visited and free of entrance fees, guards and ice-cream...
...dish on the menu, the grilled shrimp on fennel salad is the last vestige of Alloro's former image. Four enormous shrimp are chargrilled and split open on top of a healthy portion of shredded fennel, red cabbage, and black olives. Lightly dressed in vinaigrette, the salad tops a circular "pancake" of ground garbanzo beans. The pancake is strangely savory with a crisp and lightly fried exterior and a moist and tender interior. The coarse, granular texture was reminiscent of polenta, though the waiter swore that garbanzo beans were the sole ingredient. This is a star appetizer, iconoclastic...