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...equipment now in ships and planes and many of the Navy's newest weapons would be impossible." Miniaturized computers, radar sets, fire-control mechanisms and radios are the heart of every U.S. jet bomber and fighter. Today's war planes are controlled by little black boxes so compact that to service a unit, Air Force mechanics simply remove the box, install...
However, the present arrangement is such a compact student-faculty unit that any increase in enrollment, however small it might be, would be very expensive. Because of this, Dean Greep explained that when the School did expand it would do so "all at once." He guessed that the enrollment would increase along the order of magnitude of "two times its present enrollment...
...scribbled notebook of adolescence-could put himself above and beyond society by the successful commission of a pointless crime. They burned sheds, robbed fraternity houses, cheated at cards; and their IQs were among the highest in all the Midwest. Murder would really prove their superiority. So they made a compact to murder...
...battle for Manhattan" is not the most glorious chapter in U.S. history. But as Author (The Wonderful Writing Machine) Bliven has pieced it together, with the help of period prints and maps showing the fighting in terms of today's streets and landmarks, his compact and lively book may be just the handy companion for cliff-dwelling strollers ready to look for history under the sidewalks of New York...
...fast are their wingbeats? Does anger or anxiety have a greater effect on stomach contractions? Medical researchers trying to answer these questions have been hampered by difficulty in observing what goes on inside the gut. Last week a team of U.C.L.A. psychologists studying automatic nervous reactions announced a compact solution to the problem: a plastic-coated magnet no bigger than a small medicine capsule...