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Like stars, the point sources twinkle-in the radio sense. Two identical receivers a short distance apart do not pick them up with equal brilliance. The "twinkle" is supposed to be due to electron clouds in space that deflect the radio waves...
...days ago, two young men disappeared into the Dillon Field House, bearing assorted spoons, brassies, and drivers. They were heading for Dillon's "driving range." Located in a third floor exercise room, it consists of some mats, which serve as tees, and a spread of canvas to deflect drives. It indicates Dillon's intense effort to provide for all sports...
...must not seize the unenviable position which the Russians have carved out for themselves. We must not undertake to deflect from the Russians to ourselves the righteous anger and the wrath and the hatred of the Chinese people which must develop. We must take the position . . . that anyone who violates the integrity of China is the enemy of China and is acting contrary to our own interest...
...mental level of radio, because it can deal with adult problems, "and we don't get chichi or phony about them." In TV, he has tackled such subjects as adultery and Lesbianism, both frowned upon in radio and movies, without causing any scandalized uproar. "We deflect tension," Miner explains. "We don't say people are going to bed together, we just have them...
...friends were still fuming over the fact that the British had devalued the pound without even consulting them (TIME, Sept. 26 et seq.). They accused the U.S. of granting Britain the privileges of a specially favored nation, at the expense of Western Europe's unity. Hoffman tried to deflect some of this resentment. He was taking a crack at the British when he called upon the governments to give exporters "direct incentives." Said Hoffman: "Practically all Europe's exports are furnished by private producers. Governments may set targets ; they may exhort; but unless sales in dollar markets bring...